Source: Authors: Lucas Graves and Federica Cherubini

Source: Reporters without Borders

The criteria evaluated are

Fossil fuel production is on the rise globally, in stark contrast to the climate goals outlined in the Paris Agreement, which require both oil and gas production to decline significantly.

Global governments plan to produce 120 percent more fossil fuels by 2030, drastically at odds with the 1.5 degrees Celsius warming limit they all agreed to under the 2015 Paris Climate Agreement. All major fossil fuel-producing nations—including the United States, China, Russia, Saudi Arabia, India, Canada, and Australia have ambitious plans to increase production.

By extending Russian sanctions until mid July 2020, Brussels has once again missed the opportunity to rethink its approach towards Russia.

1. Designing a set of deeply transformative policies

1. Proposal on a European 'Climate Law' enshrining the 2050 neutrality objective. Indicative Timetable: March 2020
2. Comprehensive plan to increase the EU 2030 climate target to at least 50% and towards 55% in a responsible way. Indicative Timetable: Summer 2020.

ARTICLE 1: ABUSE OF POWER

All the delegations have the samestructure: they have one chair and two vice-chairs, who are elected by the delegation's members. All delegation members are nominated by Parliament's political groups, with the total composition of eacg delegation reflecting Parliament's overall political balance. Every single MEP is a member of a standing delegation

EU-RUSSIA PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEE

After the UK’s withdrawal from the EU comes into force, the 73 MEPs elected in the UK will leave the European Parliament and the number of total seats will be reduced to 705. Out of the 73 UK’s seats, 46 seats will be kept for future EU enlargements, while 27 will be redistributed to some EU countries.

While no country will lose any seat, some will gain new seats

Leaders of Germany, France, Ukraine and Russia will participate in a Normandy summit on December 9 in Paris. The Normandy summit will be the first in three years of its kind and will discuss ways to achieve peace in the occupied eastern territories of Ukraine.

Ukraine Objectives