{"id":9333,"date":"2023-09-30T17:50:46","date_gmt":"2023-09-30T15:50:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cf.iisd.net\/itn\/?p=9333"},"modified":"2024-08-09T18:33:15","modified_gmt":"2024-08-09T16:33:15","slug":"european-commission-proposes-a-coordinated-eu-withdrawal-from-the-ect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.iisd.org\/itn\/2023\/09\/30\/european-commission-proposes-a-coordinated-eu-withdrawal-from-the-ect\/","title":{"rendered":"European Commission proposes a coordinated EU withdrawal from the ECT"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On July 7, 2023, the European Commission proposed a coordinated withdrawal by the <span class='tooltipsall tooltipsincontent classtoolTips117'>EU<\/span>, its member states, and Euratom from the <span class='tooltipsall tooltipsincontent classtoolTips67'>ECT<\/span>, citing the treaty\u2019s incompatibility with the EU\u2019s climate targets under the European Green Deal and the Paris Agreement. During the 12 months prior to the Commission\u2019s proposal, a host of EU member states\u2014including Germany, France, Spain, and the Netherlands\u2014had decided to walk away from the treaty due to the lack of climate ambition of its modernization efforts. \u201cThe outdated Energy Charter Treaty is not aligned with our EU Climate Law and our commitments under the Paris Agreement,\u201d then Executive Vice-President for the European Green Deal, Frans Timmermans, said, adding that the EU instead should focus on building an energy system that \u201cpromotes and protects renewable energy investments.\u201d <span class='tooltipsall tooltipsincontent classtoolTips32'>IISD<\/span> has analyzed the Commission\u2019s proposal (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.iisd.org\/articles\/deep-dive\/united-we-leave-divided-we-stay-energy-charter-treaty\">here<\/a> in English and <a href=\"https:\/\/verfassungsblog.de\/im-rucktritt-geeint\/\">here<\/a> in German, published by <em>Verfassungsblog<\/em>).<!--more--><\/p>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"> toolTips('.classtoolTips32','International Institute for Sustainable Development<!--more-->'); <\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> toolTips('.classtoolTips33','Institut international du d\u00e9veloppement durable'); <\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> toolTips('.classtoolTips34','Instituto Internacional para el Desarrollo Sostenible'); <\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> toolTips('.classtoolTips63','Bilateral investment treaty'); <\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> toolTips('.classtoolTips67','Energy Charter Treaty'); <\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> toolTips('.classtoolTips100','investissement direct \u00e9tranger'); <\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> toolTips('.classtoolTips116','European Commission'); <\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> toolTips('.classtoolTips117','European Union'); <\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> toolTips('.classtoolTips118','Union europ\u00e9enne'); <\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> toolTips('.classtoolTips119','Uni\u00f3n Europea'); <\/script>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On July 7, 2023, the European Commission proposed a coordinated withdrawal by the <span class='tooltipsall tooltipsincontent classtoolTips117'>EU<\/span>, its member states, and Euratom from the <span class='tooltipsall tooltipsincontent classtoolTips67'>ECT<\/span>, citing the treaty\u2019s incompatibility with the EU\u2019s climate [&hellip;]<script type=\"text\/javascript\"> toolTips('.classtoolTips67','Energy Charter Treaty'); <\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> toolTips('.classtoolTips116','European Commission'); <\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> toolTips('.classtoolTips117','European Union'); <\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26,"featured_media":15869,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[397],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9333","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iisd.org\/itn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9333","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iisd.org\/itn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iisd.org\/itn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iisd.org\/itn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/26"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iisd.org\/itn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9333"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.iisd.org\/itn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9333\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iisd.org\/itn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15869"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iisd.org\/itn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9333"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iisd.org\/itn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9333"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iisd.org\/itn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9333"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}