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Parliament votes through green coal and steel research plan 20 May 2021 | News
New legislation aims to help polluting industries that are the foundation stone of the EU do their bit in support of 2050 carbon neutrality plan
Cristian Bușoi is the Parliament’s rapporteur for the coal and steel research fund. Photo: European Parliament
A large majority of MEPs voted through an updated legal framework for the EU’s research fund for coal and steel, allowing the programme to finance discovery and adoption of new technologies in steel production, develop clean energy in former coal mines, exploit geothermal energy, improve batteries and contribute to research in the production of green hydrogen.
Europees Parlement (EP)
Het Europees Parlement (EP) vertegenwoordigt ruim 450 miljoen Europeanen en bestaat momenteel uit 705 afgevaardigden (inclusief voorzitter). Nederland heeft 29 zetels in het Europees Parlement. Het Europees Parlement wordt geacht een stem te geven aan de volkeren van de 27 landen die aan de Unie deelnemen, en vooral te letten op het belang van de Unie in zijn geheel.
De leden van het Europees Parlement worden om de vijf jaar rechtstreeks gekozen door de burgers van de Europese Unie. De volgende verkiezingen zijn in 2024. Het Parlement debatteert op basis van voorstellen van de Europese Commissie en kan daarbij wijzigingen voorstellen, waarna het Parlement samen met de Raad van de Europese Unie een beslissing over deze voorstellen neemt.
The EU is set to
boost the security of the internet and other critical network and information systems by establishing a Cybersecurity Competence Centre to pool investment in cybersecurity research, technology and industrial development. The new body, to be based in Bucharest, Romania, will in particular channel cybersecurity-related funding from Horizon Europe and the Digital Europe Programme.
This
network of national coordination centres designated by member states.
The Centre will also bring together the main European stakeholders, including industry, academic and research organisations and other relevant civil society associations, to form a
cybersecurity competence community, in order to enhance and spread cybersecurity expertise across the EU.
Bucharest-based Cybersecurity Competence Centre gets green light from Council consilium.europa.eu - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from consilium.europa.eu Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.