{"id":468360,"date":"2026-10-19T09:57:10","date_gmt":"2026-10-19T07:57:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/2026\/10\/19\/case-green-il-ppe-contro-la-commissione-a-guida-ppe-bruxelles-tira-dritto\/"},"modified":"2026-10-19T11:25:58","modified_gmt":"2026-10-19T09:25:58","slug":"green-homes-the-epp-takes-on-the-commission-led-by-the-epp-brussels-presses-ahead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/2026\/10\/19\/green-homes-the-epp-takes-on-the-commission-led-by-the-epp-brussels-presses-ahead\/","title":{"rendered":"Green homes: the EPP takes on the Commission (led by the EPP); Brussels presses ahead"},"content":{"rendered":"

Brussels \u2013Dissent is growing within the European People\u2019s Party (EPP) over the decisions of the European Commission and its President, Ursula von der Leyen, on Green Homes. A total of 18 MEPs, all from the EPP group, criticised the European Commission\u2019s decision to issue a formal notice to all EU member states<\/a> for failing to transpose the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (known as the \u2018Green Homes\u2019 directive). \u201cThe unprecedented fact that not a single Member State has completed transposition on time raises serious concerns about the practicability, proportionality and legal clarity of the directive<\/strong>\u201d, the MEPs, including Letizia Moratti (FI), said.<\/p>\n

The European Commission is pressing ahead: \u201cFull, correct and timely transposition and implementation of the EU energy acquis by all
\nMember States is essential to achieve the Union\u2019s 2030 energy and climate targets\u200b,<\/strong>\u201d  the Commissioner for Energy, Dan J\u00f8rgensen<\/strong>, a socialist, responds<\/a>. The implementation of EU legislation, he explains, is necessary to \u201cdeliver on the key policy objectives of competitiveness, security of energy supply,
\naffordability, decarbonisation and a just energy transition for all.\u201d <\/p>\n

Translated: In the face of passive resistance from national governments, there will be no backing down. To EPP MEPs who call for \u201ctargeted amendments or a revision\u201d of the directive, the Commissioner for Energy remains non-committal: \u201cThe Commission will evaluate and review the directive by the end of 2028.<\/strong>\u201d This means that, until then, governments must adhere to the rules and procedures.<\/p>\n

On the subject of procedures, J\u00f8rgensen is keen to stress that the launch of a blanket infringement procedure should come as no surprise: \u201cDelays in the transposition of the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD)
\n have
\nbeen discussed with Member States in various exchanges
\n throughout the transposition
\nperiod.\u201d So the governments were aware of this and cannot claim to be surprised. Furthermore, \u201cEPBD infringement cases were launched following a standard Commission procedure,
\nbased on the self-declaration of the Member States on the status of their transposition.\u201d <\/p>\n

Everything is as normal, then. Except that the governments are at odds with the European Commission, and the EPP has sparked an internal feud within the political group that chairs and leads the EU executive. On the Green Deal and sustainability policies, the EPP is contradicting its own previous stance and continues to call into question the work of the previous parliamentary term.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Eighteen MEPs, all from the People\u2019s Party, oppose the decision to launch infringement proceedings against all Member States. J\u00f8rgensen: \u201cGovernments have been informed; transposition is an obligation and is essential for competitiveness\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":494,"featured_media":453233,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":{"format":"standard","override":[{"template":"1","parallax":"1","fullscreen":"1","layout":"right-sidebar","sidebar":"default-sidebar","second_sidebar":"default-sidebar","sticky_sidebar":"1","share_position":"top","share_float_style":"share-monocrhome","show_featured":"1","show_post_meta":"1","show_post_author":"1","show_post_author_image":"1","show_post_date":"1","post_date_format":"default","post_date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","show_post_category":"1","show_post_reading_time":"0","post_reading_time_wpm":"300","post_calculate_word_method":"str_word_count","show_zoom_button":"0","zoom_button_out_step":"2","zoom_button_in_step":"3","show_post_tag":"1","show_prev_next_post":"1","show_popup_post":"1","show_comment_section":"1","number_popup_post":"1","show_author_box":"0","show_post_related":"1","show_inline_post_related":"0"}],"image_override":[{"single_post_thumbnail_size":"crop-500","single_post_gallery_size":"crop-500"}],"trending_post_position":"meta","trending_post_label":"Trending","sponsored_post_label":"Sponsored by","disable_ad":"0","subtitle":""},"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_override_counter":{"view_counter_number":"0","share_counter_number":"0","like_counter_number":"0","dislike_counter_number":"0"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[30800],"tags":[26390,26247,25755,34685,26990,25886,33394],"class_list":["post-468360","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-energy","tag-case-green-en","tag-building-en","tag-news-parliament-en","tag-letizia-moratti","tag-ppe-and","tag-sustainability-en","tag-ue"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/468360","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/494"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=468360"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/468360\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":468361,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/468360\/revisions\/468361"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/453233"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=468360"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=468360"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=468360"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}