A particularly work-intensive week has begun in the EU Parliament in Strasbourg, which right from the start was able to come up with success stories – for example with agreements on uniform standards for minimum wages in the EU and on the regulation for uniform charging plugs. However, the “general topic” of the week is climate change, more precisely the ambitious Commission program “FitFor55”. With the package, the EU wants to reduce climate-damaging greenhouse gases by 55 percent by 2030 compared to 1990 and become climate-neutral by 2050. Eight different bills will be voted on, including an extension of EU emissions trading to aviation and shipping, a border adjustment mechanism (CBAM), burden sharing, land use, a climate social fund and CO2 standards for cars and light commercial vehicles.
