The Future of the EU – Background Paper
Compromises for expanding ordinary legislative procedure and majority voting in climate and energy policies
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Meyer-Ohlendorf, Nils et. al. 2019: The Future of the EU. Compromises for expanding ordinary legislative procedure and majority voting in climate and energy policies. Background Paper. Ecologic Institute: Berlin.
The EU adopts essential climate issues – such as carbon taxation – by special legislative procedures. This means that the European Parliament is not an equal co-legislator and the Council decides by unanimous vote, providing each Member State with a veto. This is a problem because the urgency of climate action requires swift and bold EU action. EU climate action cannot afford a governance structure that allows one Member State to hold all others hostage in essential areas of climate action. A new Ecologic paper explores how to address this problem.
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English
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Stiftung Mercator, Germany - Year
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Summary
Background: Why more ordinary legislative procedure in EU climate policies?
How to expand ordinary legislative process?
Who supports expanding ordinary legislative procedure, who is against it?
Options for compromise: How to strike a balance between effective EU climate action through more ordinary legislative procedures and concerns of national sovereignty - Keywords
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reform process, EU, European UnionEuropeanalysis
Ecologic Institute, the Istituto Affari Internazionali, the Institute of European Environment Policies, the Climate Strategy Institute 2050 2019: The Future of the EU – the Role of Climate and Energy Policies. Conclusions.
Meyer-Ohlendorf, Nils (2018). How can EU climate and energy policies support EU reform?, Ecologic Institute, Berlin.
Meyer-Ohlendorf, Nils (2018). How can EU reform strengthen EU climate and energy policies?, Ecologic Institute, Berlin.
Workshop:Reforming the EU: What Role for Climate and Energy Policies? – Tallinn
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- Tallinn, Estonia
Workshop:Reforming the EU: What Role for Climate and Energy Policies? – Sofia
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- Sofia, Bulgaria
Workshop:Reforming the EU: What Role for Climate and Energy Policies? – Bucharest
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- Bucharest, Romania
Meyer-Ohlendorf, Nils 2018: Reforming the EU: What Role for Climate and Energy Policies in a Reformed EU? Discussion Paper for the Working Group Meeting on 24 April 2018. Ecologic Institute: Berlin.
Reforming the EU: Climate Policies as the New Trade Mark of the EU
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Meyer-Ohlendorf, Nils and Sebastian Oberthür 2019: EU Reform and Climate Policies – Pretty Much Best Friends. [Blog] Governing the EU's Climate and Energy Transition in Turbulent Times (GOVTRAN). Available at: https://www.govtran.eu/govtran-media/eu-reform-and-climate-policies-pretty-much-best-friends/ [Accessed 8 May 2019].
Ecologic Institute (2019): EU Climate Policy & EU Reform: Pretty much best friends. Infographic.