In the night of Tuesday 13 to Wednesday 14 December, the European Parliament negotiators and the Czech Presidency of the Council of the European Union reached a provisional political agreement on the introduction of ‘REPowerEU’ chapters in the national recovery plans as part of the Next Generation EU European recovery plan (see EUROPE B13082A3).
These chapters will include projects that will reduce the EU’s dependence on Russian hydrocarbons and accelerate the energy transition to a...