Ep 144 In Focus: Energy, presented by Shell: Europe on hold — COVID-19 leadership — Energy battles

Brussels Playbook Podcast

POLITICO

Politics, News Commentary, News

4.4 • 205 Ratings

🗓️ 19 March 2020

⏱️ 37 minutes

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As COVID-19 paralyzes Europe, our podcast panel describes daily life right now in Paris, Berlin, London and Brussels. We also look at how Emmanuel Macron, Angela Merkel, Boris Johnson and Ursula von der Leyen are leading in this time of crisis. Have they added to the confusion with mixed messages? And we share some ideas on how to survive the suspension of normal life. The coronavirus eclipses everything these days but other big issues haven't gone away forever. Among them is Europe's energy future, and we'll be devoting special segments of our podcast to that topic over the coming months. Earlier this month — in what now seems almost like a different world — the European Commission unveiled its flagship European Climate Law. Our reporters Kalina Oroschakoff and Aitor Hernández break down the five bruising battles that await Brussels in its attempt to slash EU greenhouse gas emissions to net zero by 2050. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:02.2	EU Confidential will get started right after a message from our series sponsor.
1:07.3	Today's episode is presented by Shell. Shell welcomes the European Green Deal and supports
1:11.8	the EU's target to achieve climate neutrality by 2050. This will require unprecedented cooperation
1:17.5	and a framework to drive demand for and accelerate investment in new low-carbon solutions.
1:23.6	To limit the spread of the virus globally, we agreed to reinforce our external borders by applying a coordinated temporary restriction of non-essential travel to the EU for a period of 30 days.
1:38.3	Welcome to EU Confidential. I'm Andrew Gray, Politico's EU editor in Brussels. Hope you're all holding up OK.
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