Not everyone is rejoicing at the recent EU–US trade deal. To some it appears too one-sided, to others unfair that the UK appears to have a much better deal. For the European Environmental Bureau (EEB), Europe’s largest network of environmental NGOs, the €700bn pledge to buy US fossil fuels and nuclear energy over the next three years, will tear up the EU’s climate targets.

Luke Haywood, head of climate and energy at EEB, commented: “This deal flies in the face of the EU’s climate commitments. Tripling US energy imports in just three years isn’t only physically implausible, it would derail the EU’s mid-term decarbonisation targets. Credible pathways to the EU’s 2030 climate targets are incompatible with more imported oil and gas, slow-to-build nuclear reactors and unproven small modular reactors. We should be doubling down on renewables, energy efficiency and electrification. This deal sends a dangerous and dissonant signal to the world.”

The EEB is calling on the European Parliament and Member States to scrutinise and reject any elements of the agreement that undermine Europe’s climate goals, energy sovereignty, or international credibility.

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