Forming an EPP, S&D, Renew Europe and Greens/EFA majority, MEPs on the European Parliament’s Environment Committee (ENVI) adopted on Monday 10 November, by 49 votes to 33 with 6 abstentions, an alternative compromise amendment to the report by Ondřej Knotek (PfE, Czech) on the target of a 90% reduction in the EU’s greenhouse gas emissions by 2040. The majority is largely based on the position of the EU Council.
This position, aimed at amending European Climate Law to include this 2040...