The Green Paper, published today, is the first step ingauging the opinions of member states, the European Parliament, industry groupsand non-governmental organisations on EU objectives for 2030.

The document raises a set of questions, including:

  • what type, nature andlevel of climate and energy targets should be set for 2030;
  • how to attain coherence between different policyinstruments;
  • how the energy system can best contribute to EUcompetitiveness; and
  • how member states' different capacities to act can betaken into account.

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