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EU countries agreed to submit national energy and climate plans to Brussels, in order to have more coordination. But seven of them missed the self-imposed deadline. (Photo: Timo Heinonen)

Seven member states miss climate plan deadline

by Peter Teffer, Brussels/Strasbourg,

Seven EU member states have not yet sent the European Commission their draft energy and climate strategy, despite having agreed to a 31 December 2018 deadline.

The countries that did not submit their draft plan on time were Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Greece, Hungary, Luxembourg, and Spain.

"It's classic that we have an implementation deficit," said centre-left German MEP Jo Leinen, commenting on the delays.

"We make the rules together, everybody agrees at the end to h...

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EU countries agreed to submit national energy and climate plans to Brussels, in order to have more coordination. But seven of them missed the self-imposed deadline. (Photo: Timo Heinonen)

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