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“The pressure to achieve quick results is enormous now,” says Markus Pieper. The CDU MEP is the rapporteur for the directive on the expansion of renewable energies and is thus responsible for one of the most important dossiers in the fight against climate change. In an interview with Timo Landenberger, he talks about the EU Commission’s expansion target, the role of nuclear power, and his call for a “Fit-for-55 seal“.

It is one of the most controversial proposals for the Digital Services Act currently being discussed in Parliament: the ban on personalized advertising. The IMCO’s Digital Single Market working group had recently gathered some experts to a hearing. Among other things, they stressed that personalized advertising contradicts the spirit of the General Data Protection Regulation and warned of the risks of a shadow market. Nevertheless, there was no majority in favor of a full ban in the IMCO, reports Torsten Kleinz, who followed the discussion.

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Markus Pieper: ‘We can’t afford to be know-it-alls’

Markus Pieper is Deputy Chairman of the CDU/CSU in the EU Parliament and rapporteur for the Renewable Energies Directive.

As rapporteur for the directive on the expansion of renewable energies, Markus Pieper has taken on one of the most important dossiers in the fight against climate change. In an interview with Timo Landenberger, the CDU MEP explains how the expansion can be accelerated, why it won’t work without gas and why ideologies have no place in the energy transition.

Electrification of road traffic, green hydrogen for industry, and heat pumps instead of gas heating: As the Green Deal measures are implemented, power demand in Europe will surge. At the same time, the EU wants to phase out fossil fuels, because 75 percent of EU-wide emissions stem from the generation and consumption of power. A faster transition to a greener energy system is therefore essential to achieving climate targets, which is why the European Commission has also proposed a revision of the Renewable Energy Directive as part of its Fit for 55 package.

Disclaimer: This interview has been translated into English and is not considered an official translation by any party involved in the interview.

Mr. Pieper, the directive on the expansion of renewable energies is the central element of the European energy transition. How great is the pressure?

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