René Repasi @repasi@respublicae.eu

Just as it was the case with #Taxonomy: here the COM qualified nuclear and fossil gas energy as 'environmentally sustainable' investment goals by means of Delegated Act. I attacked this at the EU Court because this decision is an 'essential element'. The COM seems now to agree /3

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Reminder: Qualifying an element of a legislative act as an "essential element" means that this element can only be changed through an ordinary legislative procedure and not with a delegated act. It's a question of democracy and the respect of MEP rights. /2

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Legal fun fact in the draft proposal for a Net Zero Industry Act (#NZIA). The list of eligible technologies can be amended by the Commission by means of a #Delegated #Act. Remember the #Taxonomy? Legal Service of the Commission asks now: "Isn't it an essential element"? It is! /1
RT @repasi: Groundhog day vibes! Acc to leaks of the Net Zero Industry Act (#NZIA) seen at @POLITICOEurope, #nuclear technologies are amongst the privileged strategic net-zero technologi…

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Groundhog day vibes! Acc to leaks of the Net Zero Industry Act (#NZIA) seen at @POLITICOEurope, #nuclear technologies are amongst the privileged strategic net-zero technologies. Memories of the #Taxonomy DA come up. But now it's an ordinary legislative procedure. Let's fight this

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RT @StevePeers: Blogged

The Windsor Framework: limiting the scope of EU law in Northern Ireland in practice, though not in theory (part 1/2)

My analysis of the new Brexit deal - https://eulawanalysis.blogspot.com/2023/03/the-windsor-framework-limiting-scope-of.html

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RT @LaszloAndorEU: Discussing EU #StrategicAutonomy in #Warsaw at @KozminskiUni with @repasi & @RodriguezPinero
Elephant in the room: #Transatlantic relations & how EU emerged as global actor in economic policy and otherwise
More in various @FEPS_Europe publications here https://t.co/pKbVDW0CV2

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Today I will speak at the @FEPS_Europe conference on EU Open Strategic Autonomy at @KozminskiUni in Warsaw in the presence of the former PL president Aleksander Kwaśniewski. My contribution will be on the implications of the concept of strategic autonomy for EU internal policies.

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One of the perks of being an MEP is to meet exciting people. Tonight I had the honour to meet one of the political heros of my youth: former Polish president Aleksander Kwaśniewski. Very impressive and knowledgeable person.

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@ScallyTara @Ansip_EU @sandrogozi @svenja_hahn @rozathun @charanzova @MarcoZullo @botos_vlad @jordi_canyas @karmel80 @CRinzema @s_yoncourtin @SarahAnneAarup Yes, unfortunately, it did. Fortunately, the opinion is "only" one under Rule 56 of the European Parliament's Rules of Procedure so that the lead committee @EP_Legal is not bound by it.

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The vote on #maximum #harmonisation in #CSDD in the IMCO opinion was unfortunately successful with 23 votes in favour and 15 votes against. It was EPP, ECR and Renew in favour and S&D, Greens and Left against. ID wasn't present. The final vote had the same result. We voted: 👎
RT @repasi: On Thursday we will vote on the opinion of the @EP_SingleMarket (IMCO) committee on #CSDDD. In contrast to all the other committees, the discussions with the EPP under the lead o…

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The vote on maximum harmonisation was unfortunately successful with 23 votes in favour and 15 votes against. It was EPP, ECR, Renew and ID in favour and S&D, Greens and Left against. The final vote had the same result.

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RT @BruxConf2023: René Repasi (@repasi): it’s about community indeed. Last decade has seen end of hyper globalisation. Europe needs to put in place critical infrastructure.@Caffar3Cristina #BruxConf2023

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RT @BruxConf2023: René Repasi (@repasi): must keep what is good and not destroy with over subsidisation. Americans and Europeans need to cooperate: reconsider design of IRA so this does not become a “subsidy race” @Caffar3Cristina #BruxConf2023

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RT @richardandrewg1: Opinion committees in @europarl_en don’t always get a lot of attention but this is an important issue.

#maximum #harmonisation does not equal full adherence to the law ❌

Only robust enforcement will achieve strong application ✅

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RT @UGambini: MEP Prof @repasi now intervene from his EP office because of committee vote 🗳️
Good to see 🇪🇺 & 🇺🇸 converge on competition and political economy

Let’s go for concrete missions for the good of all stakeholders, Labour, people again more transatlantic convergence @BruxConf2023

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@Ansip_EU, @sandrogozi, @svenja_hahn, @rozathun, @charanzova, @MarcoZullo, @botos_vlad, @jordi_canyas, @karmel80, @CRinzema, @s_yoncourtin, @SarahAnneAarup

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All these reasons bring me to the conclusion that including maximum harmonisation now in the #CSDDD runs counter the entire idea of corporate sustainability due diligence. If included in IMCO's opinion, @TheProgressives will vote against the entire opinion. I will keep you posted

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