Interview of Thierry CORNILLET
Député européen - Alliance des démocrates et des libéraux pour l'Europe
Sunday May 20th, 2018
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Mr Pedro BALLESTEROS TORRES
Senior Administrator at the European Commission (DG ENER) in charge of International Relations, The initiator of the Covenant of Mayors and its enlargement
Friday May 18th, 2018
CONVENTION OF MAYORS: A CLIMATE, ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITMENT With 230 million inhabitants today, the text launched in 2008 is a success of unequalled magnitude. The action plans of the signatory communities result in massive investments in the energy transition. How many cities have signed the Covenant of Mayors? Originally, the European […]
Interview of Stéphane LOPEZ (Full version)
Représentant permanent de l'OIF (Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie) auprès de l'Union européenne
Friday May 18th, 2018
Mr Maroš ŠEFCOVIC
Vice-President of the European Commission, in charge of Energy
Thursday May 17th, 2018
«The challenge of successful energy transition with communities » The European Union has just launched a new package of measures to support and mobilise players of the energy transition. An industrial revolution carried by the territories and their elected representatives. What is Europe’s energy situation? The European Union is one step ahead. Our […]
Mr Xavier PINTAT
President of the FNCCR, Honorary Senator -Mayor of Soulac
Wednesday May 16th, 2018
“Networks, keys to the energy transition and territorial solidarity” The FNCCR brings together communities that delegate public network services to businesses and others that manage these public services themselves. The association accompanies its members concerning technical, administrative and financial issues. Can you present the national federation of concessioning and governed communities of which you […]
Organic food:
MEPs tighten EU rules to match consumer expectations
Wednesday May 16th, 2018
Strict and risk-based checks throughout the supply chain New EU anti-contamination rules All imported food to comply with EU standards New rules to ensure that only high-quality organic food is sold in the EU and to boost organic production were approved by the European Parliament on Thursday. MEPs gave the go-ahead to the new EU […]
Mrs Brune POIRSON
Minister of State, attached to the Ministre d'État, Minister for the Ecological and Inclusive Transition
Tuesday May 15th, 2018
Where is Europe after the Paris agreements? Unfortunately, we know it on a global scale we are on a trajectory that is well below the objectives we have set ourselves in the context of the Paris and commitments that we collectively took. That is why Europe has an absolutely special and essential responsibility, it must […]
Reflecting on Europe
Monday May 14th, 2018
Have your say on the future of Europe: discover the “Reflecting on Europe” campaign “Reflecting on Europe” is an initiative of the European Committee of the Regions (CoR), providing a platform for citizen engagement in the ongoing debate on the future of Europe. Through the dedicated online survey and over 130 local debates across the […]
Climate change:
using EU forests to offset carbon emissions
Monday May 14th, 2018
Learn with our infographics how the EU wants to use forests’ power to absorb CO2 to fight climate change and offset carbon from the land use sector. The EU has launched several initiatives to help fight climate change. As forests play a crucial role in capturing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere that would otherwise contribute […]
Mr Julije DOMAC
President of Fedarene, European Federation of Agencies and Regions for Energy and the Environment
Monday May 14th, 2018
The voice of the regions in Brussels The European Federation of Agencies and Regions for Energy and the Environment (Fedarene) defends the regional approach to the European institutions to weigh in particular on the development of legislation. Is the region the right level to act on the energy transition? At the European Energy Transition […]