Tuesday
27th Jun 2017
By EUOBSERVER
Germany backs a European Commission proposal for the EU to reduce its CO2 emissions by 40% by 2030 and have at least 27% energy from renewable sources by then, but a deal will take "intensive discussions" among EU member states in the coming months, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Friday.
Member states backed initial ideas for EU Commission to negotiate the legal future of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline with Russia.
With US president Trump's withdrawal from the Paris agreement, the future of climate governance will depend on how the other major emitters react.
Ahead of negotiations for the 2021-2027 EU budget, the question of linking funds to EU policies and values has come to the forefront.
“We want you to stay”, British leader Theresa May told EU nationals on Monday, but the UK's "settled status" plan lacked "ambition", the EU said.
The EU Commission says extra revenue generated from a new visa-free travel scheme, to launch in 2020, would go to the EU budget, reducing member state contributions.
The US president’s visit to Warsaw, ahead of the G20 meeting in Hamburg, puts a spotlight on a new EU eastern region initiative.
