The EU’s broken Energy Taxation Directive: ripe for revision

20 August 2020

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The EU’s broken Energy Taxation Directive: ripe for revision

Investigate Europe

20 August 2020

About Dirty subsidies

2020 was supposed to be the year the EU would launch its ambitious plan to tackle the climate crisis. But why does Europe sabotage its climate goals by subsidising the fossil sector by more than €137 billion per year?

The ETD directive opens the floodgates to fossil fuel subsidies and unfair internal market competition. But reform won’t be easy.

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The EU’s broken Energy Taxation Directive: ripe for revision

The EU’s broken Energy Taxation Directive: ripe for revision

The ETD directive opens the floodgates to fossil fuel subsidies and unfair internal market competition. But reform won’t be easy.

About Dirty subsidies

HELP US CONNECT THE DOTS ON EUROPE

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