Today the Commission has launched a public consultation on the Digital Services Act, a landmark package announced by President von der Leyen in her political guidelines and in the Commission’s Communication “Shaping Europe’s Digital Future” of 19 February. The consultation seeks to gather views, evidence and data from people, businesses, online platforms, academics, civil society […]

Green deal must take centre stage of EU recovery efforts EU Climate Law to move ahead as planned Commission proposals on biodiversity and farm-to-fork to be delayed only a few weeks In a debate with Frans Timmermans, the Environment Committee says the EU must remain firm on climate change and the timetable foreseen for the […]

Advisory Hub has received 2,300 advisory support requests since 2015 Majority of requests from cohesion countries More than 150 projects worth €34 billion have applied for EIB financing as a result, as part of an ever increasing contribution to an investable project pipeline The European Investment Advisory Hub releases its 2019 annual report today, which […]

Speech of May 4th 2020 Dear President, Dear Mariya, Ladies and Gentlemen, Thank you for inviting me to your Committee meeting. This is the first time since my confirmation as Commissioner that I have the opportunity to address the CULT Committee. And I am delighted to be able to have this exchange with you, which […]

Energy-intensive industries will be particularly affected by the transformations entailed in the European Green Deal. The new year has begun with good news: greenhouse gas emissions in Germany have plummeted, with the energy sector alone cutting around 50 million tons of CO2. The carbon price, which Germany has now extended to the heating and transport […]

State aid rules for the green transition Our state aid rules have to deal with the huge investments that we’ll need, to make Europe climate neutral by 2050. Our Sustainable Europe Investment Plan will help make a trillion euros available for that investment. And with so much at stake, it’s easy to assume that we […]

The Commission work to present by September 2020 an impact assessed plan. We take note of the announcement by the UK Presidency that the COP26 will be postponed amid efforts to contain the coronavirus pandemic, and that the Presidency will now consult on the most appropriate date to reschedule it. On behalf of the European […]