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Europe plans to renovate 40 million buildings by 2030. However, studies show that the energy savings are meager and that the benefits disappear quickly.
Par Emmanuel Berretta
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Lhe ecological transition works, in Europe, with the magic of numbers. The Commission has produced a lot of them since 2019: thus, if we want to “save the planet”, Europe must, by 2030, plant 3 billion trees, produce 30 million electric vehicles, and reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by -55% (compared to 1990). The European Parliament has just added a new magic number engraved in the stone of European law on Tuesday: the EU wants to renovate 40 million buildings by 2030 to reduce energy loss.
The text was adopted by 343 votes, 216 against and 78 abstentions. It should be noted that the Christian Democrats (EPP), the leading political group, were largely divided into three roughly equal blocs…
