TAXONOMY, A PARTIAL DEFEAT FOR THE EUROPEAN GREEN DEAL
Last July 6, the European Parliament rejected the opposition presented by some political forces to the European Commission's proposed Taxonomy for Eco-Sustainable Investments. That proposal, as is well known, in its revision approved by the Commission on Feb. 2, 2022, included natural gas and nuclear energy among the "transition technologies" to a decarbonized economy. Therefore, with the non-opposition of the European Parliament and the subsequent approval of the European Council on July 12 (discounted), the Taxonomy will come into force as such from next January 1, 2023. But what is it all about?