Michael Forte
@mforte.bsky.social
EU Politics & Climate Governance @e3g.bsky.social Brussels. Improving decision-making to strengthen climate action. Views my own. (at)mforte_polgov on the other place.
7/7 I develop this argument in more detail in this briefing for @e3g.bsky.social: www.e3g.org/publications...
Improving climate and energy policy coordination through the next EU budget
With the right changes, the EU's multiannual financial framework can become a much more effective tool to pursue common priorities such as climate and security.
www.e3g.org
May 20, 2025 at 9:39 AM
7/7 I develop this argument in more detail in this briefing for @e3g.bsky.social: www.e3g.org/publications...
6/7 So, "national and regional partnerships for investment and reforms" could be an opportunity to kick-start horizontal planning for the 2030-2040 period, as the RRF did for 2020-2030. But only if they draw on the work that has already been done for the NECPs.
May 20, 2025 at 9:39 AM
6/7 So, "national and regional partnerships for investment and reforms" could be an opportunity to kick-start horizontal planning for the 2030-2040 period, as the RRF did for 2020-2030. But only if they draw on the work that has already been done for the NECPs.
5/7 NECP enforcement via infringement procedure is fraught. The reform & investment plan model offers a way through - deliver on the plan, get the money. With the right guardrails, this could incentivise more serious, whole-of-government planning for the energy transition.
May 20, 2025 at 9:39 AM
5/7 NECP enforcement via infringement procedure is fraught. The reform & investment plan model offers a way through - deliver on the plan, get the money. With the right guardrails, this could incentivise more serious, whole-of-government planning for the energy transition.
4/7 NECPs are varying in quality, depending on how seriously Member States undertake this whole-of-government planning exercise. But they offer a template for multiannual planning in line with the European Climate Law (net-zero) and international commitments.
May 20, 2025 at 9:39 AM
4/7 NECPs are varying in quality, depending on how seriously Member States undertake this whole-of-government planning exercise. But they offer a template for multiannual planning in line with the European Climate Law (net-zero) and international commitments.
3/7 The National energy and climate plans (NECPs) are a completely separate exercise undertaken by govts to outline how they will reach their energy & climate targets (energy efficiency, renewables, greenhouse gas emissions reductions, interconnections, research and innovation).
May 20, 2025 at 9:39 AM
3/7 The National energy and climate plans (NECPs) are a completely separate exercise undertaken by govts to outline how they will reach their energy & climate targets (energy efficiency, renewables, greenhouse gas emissions reductions, interconnections, research and innovation).
2/7 Tying EU spending to national reforms is not new, it was a feature of the #RRF.
The National recovery and resilience plans (RRPs) were supposed to address country-specific recommendations issued by the EU, but also incorporate other existing planning exercises, notably the NECPs.
The National recovery and resilience plans (RRPs) were supposed to address country-specific recommendations issued by the EU, but also incorporate other existing planning exercises, notably the NECPs.
May 20, 2025 at 9:39 AM
2/7 Tying EU spending to national reforms is not new, it was a feature of the #RRF.
The National recovery and resilience plans (RRPs) were supposed to address country-specific recommendations issued by the EU, but also incorporate other existing planning exercises, notably the NECPs.
The National recovery and resilience plans (RRPs) were supposed to address country-specific recommendations issued by the EU, but also incorporate other existing planning exercises, notably the NECPs.
8/8 E3G's full analysis of the #CleanIndustrialDeal #CID , together with the first #Omnibus simplification package and the #AffordableEnergyActionPlan is available here: www.e3g.org/news/the-eur...
The European Commission reveals a clumsy forward agenda
Today, the European Commission unveiled key pieces to set the direction of the European economy in times of crisis.
www.e3g.org
February 27, 2025 at 12:13 PM
8/8 E3G's full analysis of the #CleanIndustrialDeal #CID , together with the first #Omnibus simplification package and the #AffordableEnergyActionPlan is available here: www.e3g.org/news/the-eur...
7/8 Lastly, this section includes a dig at monopolies, in particular Big Tech. Good to see that competition policy may look more closely at the distributional impacts of monopolistic behaviour. Could this be linked to ongoing supermarket boycotts in the Balkans? (balkaninsight.com/2025/01/31/w...)
February 27, 2025 at 12:13 PM
7/8 Lastly, this section includes a dig at monopolies, in particular Big Tech. Good to see that competition policy may look more closely at the distributional impacts of monopolistic behaviour. Could this be linked to ongoing supermarket boycotts in the Balkans? (balkaninsight.com/2025/01/31/w...)
6/8 On social leasing for clean tech, the experience from the French EV leasing scheme shows increased uptake among young people and low-income households (www.transportenvironment.org/uploads/file...), but this is also a tool of industrial policy to boost demand.
February 27, 2025 at 12:13 PM
6/8 On social leasing for clean tech, the experience from the French EV leasing scheme shows increased uptake among young people and low-income households (www.transportenvironment.org/uploads/file...), but this is also a tool of industrial policy to boost demand.
5/8 The lessons of the US #InflationReductionAct start to be reflected in the proposals on public procurement and State aid rules reform, thanks to campaigning from unions and CSOs: COM commits to explore training and skills conditionalities for firms receiving subsidies or public contracts.
February 27, 2025 at 12:13 PM
5/8 The lessons of the US #InflationReductionAct start to be reflected in the proposals on public procurement and State aid rules reform, thanks to campaigning from unions and CSOs: COM commits to explore training and skills conditionalities for firms receiving subsidies or public contracts.
4/8 The #QualityJobsRoadmap (Q4 2025) takes onboard some elements of a #JustTransitionDirective, a framework to anticipate change. But as @etuc-ces.bsky.social argues, reskilling cannot benefit workers without a right to training during working hours (etuc.org/en/pressrele...)
February 27, 2025 at 12:13 PM
4/8 The #QualityJobsRoadmap (Q4 2025) takes onboard some elements of a #JustTransitionDirective, a framework to anticipate change. But as @etuc-ces.bsky.social argues, reskilling cannot benefit workers without a right to training during working hours (etuc.org/en/pressrele...)
3/8 #UnionofSkills (Q1 2025): a strategy "to enhance the EU’s competitiveness and preparedness”. Measures are limited to soft law (such as on skills recognition, or quality jobs), with a passing reference to additional funding from Erasmus+.
February 27, 2025 at 12:13 PM
3/8 #UnionofSkills (Q1 2025): a strategy "to enhance the EU’s competitiveness and preparedness”. Measures are limited to soft law (such as on skills recognition, or quality jobs), with a passing reference to additional funding from Erasmus+.
2/8 Though the section is framed around social fairness and the just transition, there is a clear focus on skills. Skills shortages are a central concern of the #DraghiReport and the #CompetitivenessCompass - social rights and the distributional impacts of decarbonisation not so much.
February 27, 2025 at 12:13 PM
2/8 Though the section is framed around social fairness and the just transition, there is a clear focus on skills. Skills shortages are a central concern of the #DraghiReport and the #CompetitivenessCompass - social rights and the distributional impacts of decarbonisation not so much.