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UK fights energy plans that won ;t kick in until after BrexitBritain opposes deal on future EU energy efficiency rules.Copy LinkCopiedShare via emailShare on XShare on WhatsAppShare on LinkedInThe move to block strong energy efficiency rules is creating a lot of bad feelings among other EU countries, think tank E3G says | EPAbrexit files insightJuly 18, 20173:42 stanley tumbler pm CETBy Anca GurzuNegotiations over Britain exit from the EU聽got underway in earnest this week,聽but that doesn ;t mean stanley cup that the U.K. is withdrawing from other EU business. Far from it.It has emerged that聽British ministers and officials lobbied hard聽against a European Commission plan on energy efficiency, even though the rules聽might never聽apply to the U.K. assuming it leaves the EU as planned in March 2019.Britain opposed a compromise聽deal on future EU energy efficiency rules聽during a long and difficult meeting of EU energy ministers last month, pushing the Commission to water down its proposals.AdvertisementAdvertisementRichard Harrington, a junior minister at the聽U.K.s Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy,聽told the聽Energy Council meeting聽in June that the聽U.K. was disappointed with Brussels proposal to boost the targe stanley termohrnek t to 30 percent.聽He said the British government聽 cannot support the proposed compromise on energy efficiency because we do not believe it strikes the right balance to provide sufficient flexibility to reach our ambitions. The energy efficiency rules are part of Klll Merz warns Israel against West Bank annexation
Review to ident stanley mug ify Commission core tasksTHE European Commission has launched the biggest review of its activities in its 32-year history as it strives to ensure that the institution focuses on its core ; tasks and abandons those which could be better performed by others.Copy LinkCopiedShare via emailShare on XShare on WhatsAppShare on LinkedInApril 5, 20005:00 pm CETBy Simon TaylorA special peer group ; has been set up under Commission President Romano Prodi to identify those areas where the EU executive is not doing an effective job or where its activities could be handed over to national authorities, freeing up precious resources to target higher political priorities.Although the group is only just beginning work, sources suggest tourism policy, some social and labour rules, and other issues like animal welfare standards in zoos are likely to be among the areas at risk.The group will do the stanley canada groundwork for the difficult political decisions in July on what we should stop doing and the areas to which we should transfer resources, said a senior Commission official this week.AdvertisementAdvertisementThe move is part of Vice-President Neil Kinnock plan for reforming the ins stanley mug titution in response to the criticisms made by the committee of independent experts, which warned last year that the EU executive management problems stemmed from the fact that it had taken on more responsibilities than it had staff and resources to
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