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Net-Zero Industry Act: Commission sets ambitious targets for climate technologies

The efforts to keep industries critical for the Green Deal in Europe continue: German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Commission President Ursula von der Leyen are negotiating with US President Joe Biden again and again these days. What the Commission wants to do itself will soon be set out in the Net Zero Industry Act, of which a first draft is now available.

By Markus Grabitz

Feature

Charging stations: little progress in AFIR trilogue

The development and expansion of a European charging infrastructure is considered one of the EU's most important projects for the future in order to decarbonize transport by road, water and air. But the trilogue on the AFIR Fit for 55 dossier is stalling badly.

By Lukas Knigge

Feature

E-fuels: FDP wants Commission to present compromise quickly

German Transport Minister Wissing is threatening to abstain in the vote on phasing out internal combustion engines. The Commission does not want to make the impression of getting involved in negotiations with a government partner of a member state. But there are several possibilities for a compromise.

By Markus Grabitz

Opinion

What's cooking in Brussels? Nuclear power, mon amour

The negotiators will meet next Monday for the trilogue on the Renewable Energies Directive. The status of nuclear energy will be negotiated – an explosive political discussion that will take us right up to the Franco-German border.

By Claire Stam