The ‘Fit-for-55’ Package: A Giant Leap for the European Economy?
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With the “Fit for 55” package, the European Union (EU) is the first global player to turn its climate neutrality pledge into a wide set of transformative policy proposals.
This complete overhaul of climate legislation will reshape the European economy at high speed, with far-reaching implications for all individuals, all sectors, and all trading partners.
To complete the negotiation journey, EU legislators will have to ensure fairness and cost-efficiency by striking the right balance between carbon pricing, standardization and facilitating measures. In this context, how should the Commission’s proposals be adjusted? Which trade-offs can be envisaged to bridge political and national divides? In the end, how to ensure that the EU now delivers on the Green Deal’s promise of a climate-neutral and prosperous economy?
Chair: Marc-Antoine Eyl-Mazzega, Director, Center for Energy & Climate, Ifri
- Pascal Canfin, Member of the European Parliament (Renew Europe Group) and Chair of the ENVI committee
- Henrike Hahn, Member of the European Parliament (Greens/EFA Group), spokesperson for industrial policy for the German Greens in the European Parliament, Member of the ITRE commitee, Substitute Member of the ECON and BUDG commitees
Moderator: Carole Mathieu, Head of EU Energy & Climate Policies, Center for Energy & Climate, Ifri
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