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EU climate plan doomed unless anti-Russia sanctions lifted: Lawmaker

  • By Al Mayadeen English
  • Source: Agencies
  • 10 Jul 2022 10:23
2 Min Read

An EU lawmaker says the EU climate Fit for 55 plan makes Europe even more dependent on energy imports and drives the price spiral further upwards.

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  • EU lawmaker from the Freedom Party of Austria, Roman Haider
    EU lawmaker from the Freedom Party of Austria, Roman Haider (Credits: EP)

The controversial EU green transition plan, also known as Fit for 55, which was designed to reduce the bloc's greenhouse gas emissions by 55% by 2030, is unfeasible unless sanctions against Russia are lifted, EU lawmaker Roman Haider told Sputnik.

"They (EU) don't know how to save their unrealistic and dangerous Fit for 55 strategy without canceling the sanctions against Russia," Haider considered.

On Wednesday, the European Parliament backed EU regulations designating nuclear and gas energy as environmentally sustainable economic activities, saying that private investment in gas and nuclear projects may play a role in the green transition process.

Massively harmful to the environment

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Haider indicated that the European Parliament decision signaled that EU governments are facing a stark reality, recognizing that more time and more realistic goals are required to transform the energy infrastructure in Europe.

"This package is a massive threat to businesses in Europe. It makes Europe even more dependent on imports and drives the price spiral further upwards. It destroys jobs, promotes the impoverishment of Europeans and is massively harmful to the environment. In short, Fit for 55 is a serious threat to Europe," the EU lawmaker warned.

He also stressed that to achieve carbon neutrality by 2040 and meet the goals of the Paris climate agreement, Austria would have to cut emissions by 95% over the next 18 years, as a recent study shows that the country's CO2 emissions in 2021 reached 1990 levels.

Resuming the use of coal

At the same time, the reality of the current energy market volatility has forced some EU countries, including Austria, to consider resuming the use of coal, which is the dirtiest fossil fuel, Haider added.

It is noteworthy that Austria's state-owned Verbund AG was recently ordered to prepare the Mellach coal-fired power plant for emergency operation.

This comes just two years after Austria became the second European country to completely eliminate coal from its energy production system.

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