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Alright, the EU parliament as voted, so let's have a look at what happened, who voted for what and what the results are 📜🔍👀
It's been covered (e.g. by Erik) already but here is some extra info 🧵
Alright, the EU parliament as voted, so let's have a look at what happened, who voted for what and what the results are 📜🔍👀
It's been covered (e.g. by Erik) already but here is some extra info 🧵
The parliament voted on MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the 2019 UN Climate Change Conference in Madrid, Spain (COP 25).
There were two controversial paragraphs:
§ 52 that allowed the European Investment Bank to continue funding of fossil gas
§ 56 that phased out clean nuclear energy
There were two controversial paragraphs:
§ 52 that allowed the European Investment Bank to continue funding of fossil gas
§ 56 that phased out clean nuclear energy
Luckily, some MEPs aren't complete climate kooks and instead wrote some amendments for those paragraphs.
For § 52 there were 5 amendments in total:
Am 3, 10, 63, 64 and 4
and they looked like this:
For § 52 there were 5 amendments in total:
Am 3, 10, 63, 64 and 4
and they looked like this:
... and here is Am 4
(BTW, you can find all the amendments in this link 🔗)
europarl.europa.eu/plenary/sv/mot…
(BTW, you can find all the amendments in this link 🔗)
europarl.europa.eu/plenary/sv/mot…
For § 56 there was one amendment, Am 38, which looked like this:
The order which things are voted on can be found in the indicative voting list.
It can be found on this link
europarl.europa.eu/sed/doc/voting…
and the parts we're interested in look like this:
It can be found on this link
europarl.europa.eu/sed/doc/voting…
and the parts we're interested in look like this:
Parliament voted on amendments for § 52 and Am 3 and Am 4 won.
It looked something like this📺
It looked something like this📺
Then they voted for Am 38 to be amended to § 52.
This was a controversial matter in parliament, that looked a little bit like this 💙⚡️⚛️
This was a controversial matter in parliament, that looked a little bit like this 💙⚡️⚛️
The final adopted text for these paragraphs looks like this.
Numbers change because of changes made, so now:
§ 52 -> § 54 and § 55
§ 56 -> § 59
You can find the (preliminary) resolution text that was voted for here:
europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document…
Numbers change because of changes made, so now:
§ 52 -> § 54 and § 55
§ 56 -> § 59
You can find the (preliminary) resolution text that was voted for here:
europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document…
All in all, not a bad result 😃
No direct allowance for funding fossil fuel and no phasing out of nuclear!
I call that a good day in climate politics 😎
But we're not finished yet!
No direct allowance for funding fossil fuel and no phasing out of nuclear!
I call that a good day in climate politics 😎
But we're not finished yet!
The fact is amendment 38 is a very controversial matter, with France and Germany being split on the matter regarding nuclear's inclusion as sustainable in the EU taxonomy on sustainable finance.
euractiv.com/section/energy…
euractiv.com/section/energy…
The adoption of Am 38 was so controversial that 46 green MEPs, previously in favour, voted against the resolution and only 15 voted in favour.
Some climate emergency, right?
spiegel.de/politik/auslan…
Some climate emergency, right?
spiegel.de/politik/auslan…
Of course, this is nothing new.
German politicians have worked to close down nuclear for a long time while being in favour or neutral to increased fossil fuel use ever since former German chancellor Gerhard Schröder.
You can read more here:
German politicians have worked to close down nuclear for a long time while being in favour or neutral to increased fossil fuel use ever since former German chancellor Gerhard Schröder.
You can read more here:
This was a close call and I think we just made it by the skin of our teeth!🦷
That was way too close so let's look at who voted for what!
That can be found in the minutes of proceedings on page 126:
europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document…
(1) In favour
(2) Against
(3) Abstained and corrections
That was way too close so let's look at who voted for what!
That can be found in the minutes of proceedings on page 126:
europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document…
(1) In favour
(2) Against
(3) Abstained and corrections
Let's remember to hold politicians accountable!
Find your MEP in the list and if they voted the way you wanted, let them know ❤️
If they didn't, well then you absolutely need to let them know! 😡✏️📨
Find your MEP in the list and if they voted the way you wanted, let them know ❤️
If they didn't, well then you absolutely need to let them know! 😡✏️📨
@FredrikDehlin put together the results for Swedish MEPs. (although one MEP, @KarinKarlsbro corrected her vote to be in favour of the amendment).
I also know that almost all Polish MEPs voted in favour.
How did your MEPs vote? 🤔
I also know that almost all Polish MEPs voted in favour.
How did your MEPs vote? 🤔
