“Today’s vote shows that while many of the MEPs understand that nuclear power and gas are not sustainable, it is still a tight race. The Greens/EFA Group calls on all MEPs to reject the delegated act.īas Eickhout, Member of the European Parliament’s ENVI and ECON committees, and European Parliament rapporteur for the taxonomy regulation, comments: The resolution voted on today is expected to be voted on during the July plenary. The vote took place in both the Environment (ENVI) and the Economic and Monetary Affairs committees (ECON). Today, a cross-party alliance voted down the European Commission’s proposal to label gas and nuclear energy as sustainable. The European Parliament has the opportunity to re-establish this fundamental truth.”Īnother press release on the news, from The Greens/EFA Group: MEPs Reject Classification of Nuclear Power and Gas as Sustainable Taxonomy This is a clear sign that the tide has turned and it isn’t impossible to imagine a complete rejection of the proposal when the whole of the Parliament comes together in July. Overturning the proposal would have been unthinkable just a few weeks ago. Luca Bonaccorsi, sustainable finance director at T&E, said: “MEPs have sent a clear message: No more labelling fossil gas as green and no more gifts to Putin. Two of the European Parliament’s lead committees (ENVI and ECON) today voted in favour of throwing out the European Commission’s sustainable investment taxonomy, which inexplicably labels gas as green.ħ6 MEPs voted against greenwashing gas and nuclear, with 62 votes in favour and 4 abstentions.
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