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Lawmakers in two European Parliament committees objected to the inclusion of nuclear and gas in the bloc’s list of environmentally sustainable economic activities yesterday, with the resolution scheduled for a plenary vote in early July.
Parliament and the EU Council have until 11 July to decide their stance on the European Commission’s proposal to include nuclear and gas in the green taxonomy, which has been criticised as unhelpful and unnecessary, among other things.
According to a press statement from the Parliament, the MEPs consider that the technical screening standards proposed by the Commission for nuclear and gas do not respect the criteria for green activities set out in the taxonomy regulation itself.
The resolution adopted by MEPs also requests that any new or amended delegated acts should be subject to a public consultation and impact assessments.
The next step is for the full Parliament to vote on the resolution during a plenary session from 4-7 July. It would need to be backed by an absolute majority of MEPs (353) for the EU executive to have to either withdraw it or amend it...
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