“I want to thank President Trump for his personal commitment. He’s a tough negotiator, but also a dealmaker.” 🇪🇺Unconditional surrender.

Quanti giorni passeranno prima che governi e settori che hanno spinto la Commissione a negoziare un brutto accordo chiederanno compensazioni, aiuti di Stato e fondi Ue per i dazi al 15% (e oltre) di Trump?

The #EU has identified high #energy costs as a key obstacle to #competitiveness, with senior officials pledging to lower the burden on European businesses – but a new report suggests things are moving in the wrong direction.

The EU must change its promise to buy hundreds of billion of dollars of American #fossilfuels, electricity sector lobby Eurelectric urged in the wake of Sunday's controversial EU-US trade deal.

Green energy targets across the globe are falling short of a UN promise to triple renewables by 2030, according to energy think tank Ember.

The European Commission is in no hurry to check Chinese solar panel inverters despite reports of suspicious components found in the US - by Nikolaus J. Kurmayer

This is a great story. Must read. 👏

The European Commission is considering a proposal for an EU-wide #CO2 infrastructure planning mechanism and a coordination platform under upcoming carbon capture and storage rules, the EU executive said on Thursday. #CCS #CCUS

The EU's upcoming #CircularEconomy Act will focus particularly on electronic and electrical equipment waste while seeking to simplify waste #circularity rules and slash #redtape, the European Commission said on Friday.

Scrapping exemptions for long-haul and private flights and taxing non-CO2 emissions could multiply EU #aviation carbon revenues tenfold, a new report says. #ETS

A #climate-sceptic statement made by the far-right lawmaker Anja Arndt in Parliament last month contained “factual inaccuracies and misleading claims,” the European Commission said in a document seen by Euractiv.

German government moves to bar coal from new carbon storage law dlvr.it/TML0T3

Germany suspends some weapon exports to Israel in response to Gaza decision dlvr.it/TMN4VT

Four Al Jazeera staff, including reporter Anas Al Sharif, were killed in an Israeli attack on a tent for journalists outside the main gate of Gaza's al-Shifa hospital aje.io/onll19

The EU-US joint statement following the Trump/von der Leyen deal is out. The first two paras say it all: EU pledges to scrap all industrial tariffs, while the US keeps the right to apply the higher of MFN rates or 15%. Not that we didn't know before, but yes: total capitulation

As part of VDL's trade surrender to Trump, the EU has promised to lower its vehicle safety & pollution standards. NGO @TransEnv calls it a "betrayal of all EU citizens" forcing "monster 🇺🇸pick-up trucks" into Europe that will increase pedestrian deaths. transportenvironment.org/articles/eu-ca…