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France’s Green MEPs pledge to change Parliament’s position on EU taxonomy
(EurActiv, 4 Feb 2022) The Greens in the European Parliament are trying to mobilise other MEPs to reject the Commission’s delegated act on the green taxonomy that gives nuclear and gas a “green” investment label. EURACTIV France reports.
The delegated act incorporating gas and nuclear as “transitional” energies in the EU’s green taxonomy has raised heckles among those who oppose their inclusion, despite safeguards added by the European Commission to attach strict environmental criteria to the taxonomy.
The delegated act, a procedure usually reserved for technical updates to legislation, gives the EU Commission free rein to amend or supplement legislation using a fast-track procedure. The Council and Parliament cannot amend the proposal, which will be adopted automatically after a four-month scrutiny period unless they can find a majority to veto it.
This is unacceptable for Green MEPs. In comments on Twitter, Marie Toussaint called the Commission’s delegated act “greenwashing at the expense of the climate and democracy” .
Other Green colleagues in the EU Parliament also reacted. Michèle Rivasi said, “this greenwashing is damaging our energy future… Shame,” and Damien Carême noted, “the Commission is considerably undermining the credibility of the EU”. Claude Gruffat called on “all [his] colleagues to reject en masse this delegated act for a sustainable and clean future for our children”.
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EurActiv, 4 Feb 2022: France’s Green MEPs pledge to change Parliament’s position on EU taxonomy
