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The commission aimed to increase the EU 2030 binding energy efficiency target to 13 percent, instead of nine percent. (Photo: Siel Ju)

Member states water down renewable energy proposal

The EU's 27 energy ministers have reached agreement on a crucial set of climate laws amid economic pressure to water down some of its more ambitious proposals.

"We have to present a coordinated approach," EU energy commissioner Kadri Simson said on her arrival at the meeting in Luxembourg on Monday (27 June), adding that households will be protected against gas cut-offs.

Energy ministers agreed to raise the 2030 target for renewable energy as a share of the EU's final energy con...

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Wester is a journalist from the Netherlands with a focus on the green economy. He joined EUobserver in September 2021. Previously he was editor-in-chief of Vice, Motherboard, a science-based website, and climate economy journalist for The Correspondent.

The commission aimed to increase the EU 2030 binding energy efficiency target to 13 percent, instead of nine percent. (Photo: Siel Ju)

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Wester is a journalist from the Netherlands with a focus on the green economy. He joined EUobserver in September 2021. Previously he was editor-in-chief of Vice, Motherboard, a science-based website, and climate economy journalist for The Correspondent.

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