Peter Liese: Important success of the German Presidency / Agreement on Commission proposal or similar target most likely


The environmental spokesperson of the biggest group in the European Parliament (EPP, Christian Democrats) Peter Liese welcomes the partial agreement of the Environment Council for the climate law. “It is very important that our climate targets are based on legislation in the future and not only decided by the Council alone. While I still think that the Parliament’s position of a 60% climate target for 2030 is over-ambitious and endangers jobs, it is important to have this climate law. I am very optimistic that the Council will agree on the Commission proposal of net 55% or something close to this figure. We need to do more to achieve climate neutrality and to avoid that our children and grandchildren live in a world where they cannot control climate change anymore. I also defend the position of the European Parliament that all member states must be climate neutral by 2050. This is something where the Parliament will definitely fight hard for”, says Peter Liese.



Background:
The Environment Council today agreed on a partial agreement on the climate law. This means that some principal ideas, for example that the climate target will be not only indicative but fixed in a law in the future, are already agreed as well as some technical issues. The most controversial points have, however, be postponed until the European Council in December. The Environment Council did not agree on the Commission proposal of net 55% or any other figure. Additionally, they did not touch the question if climate neutrality is valid for each member states or for the EU as a whole. They also did not touch upon the question if after 2050 negative emissions should be reached.