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This is so funny - Dmitriev talking about free speech. X is banned in Russia Facebook is banned in Russia Instagram is banned in Russia LinkedIn is banned in Russia Signal is banned in Russia Discord is banned in Russia Snapchat is banned in Russia

Fidias has been amplifying insane Kremlin propaganda for months, so I confronted him. 🚨 He said abducted Ukranian children are happy in russia 🚨 He refused to answer why he is putting out lies He got angry This is a mask off moment

Hoekstra: the next Commission will push for fossil fuel subsidy phase out not only in the EU budget but also in Member States. "Finance Ministers have an interest in this as well".

Important commitment by Commissioner-designate Dombrovskis: fossil fuel subsidy phase out will be part of European Semester and Country Specific Recommendations.

Hoekstra on fossil fuel subsidies: commits to get rid of them in the EU budget. He also wants to tackle national fossil fuel subsidies, but does not make concrete how.

No answer from Hoekstra to the question by @micha_bloss whether he supports limiting EU support to CCS to unavoidable emissions...

Hoekstra: predictability is key. Staying the course on CO2 cars, deforestation policies is critical.

Jørgensen: "We will not reach 90% without a massive expansion of renewable energy. I'm positive on having a binding renewable target" [as part of 2040-target package].

86% of 'carbon budget' left for a *50% chance* of avoiding 1.5C warming limit will be gone by 2030, says @UNFCCC 2nd bleak report on progress from UN in space of 4 days. They must be trying to tell us something... unfccc.int/sites/default/…

Read our latest briefing to understand @E3G's take on how Europe can secure a Strong climate action footholds in the incoming European Commission - E3G

As the EU is charting its path for the next decade, we at @E3G have reviewed the written answers Commissioners-designate have submitted ahead of their hearings 4-12 Nov.

@xyzmichael @e3g @EU_Commission I do! Thanks for the feedback!

@e3g @EU_Commission You don't consider "Fisheries & Oceans" as a key portfolio for the climate transition? @vincentbrussel

@lucasguttenberg Another key question: what kind of economic reforms will the next Commission push in exchange for funding? Will social, environmental, climate, anti tax-avoidance objectives be a central part? Or will competitiveness become the central focus of reform push?

plus a window for external funding the contours of which still seem tbd. Echoes the guidelines. Not bad as start for a real structural reform of the MFF. Key questions going forward: How much real money will be in the "good stuff" pillar or will it be Juncker on steroids?

In the mission letter to new Budget Commissioner Serafin, @vonderleyen outlines what the next MFF will likely look like: A plan for each country on pre-allocated pots (think cohesion, CAP, some others); an investment vehicle for the "good stuff" that will be strongly leveraged;