Paul Messad is a journalist at Next Billion. He focuses on themes related to energy and mining, government and politics, climate change, and sustainability, with particular attention to the European Union, ESG, and the impact of the Russia-Ukraine War. His work has been featured in notable publications such as Eurasia Review and EURACTIV.
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Paul Messad's coverage focuses heavily on energy policy, particularly in the context of France and its interactions with the European Union. Given his focus on government announcements, legal policy regulation, and specific themes such as energy sovereignty and nuclear energy, he is likely to be interested in pitches related to developments in French and EU energy policies, renewable energy initiatives, nuclear cooperation agreements involving France.
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By: Paul Messad, Jasper Steinlein, Nikolaus J. Kurmayer, Donagh Cagney, Bárbara Machado
Designated Transport Commissioner Apostolos Tzitzikostas combined a mix of political canniness, composure and subject knowledge to secure approval from Transport Committee (TRAN) MEPs on Monday evening (4 November).
By: Donagh Cagney, Paul Messad, Jasper Steinlein, Nikolaus J. Kurmayer, Bárbara Machado
On nuclear, where the historically sceptical Dane knew he would face pressure, Jørgensen was very precise on the limited support he would give the technology.
By: Donagh Cagney, Jasper Steinlein, Bárbara Machado, Nikolaus J. Kurmayer, Paul Messad
“As soon as she has to leave familiar territory (circular economy, bioeconomy), she loses the plot. Questions are often simply ignored and generalisations made,” said green MEP Jutta Paulus,
By: Paul Messad
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By: Paul Messad, Bárbara Machado, Jasper Steinlein, Donagh Cagney
Several times, Hoekstra sidestepped firm policy commitments, arguing it could undermine the Parliament's future work on the files.
The French energy giant cautioned against the EU setting a firm 2040 emissions reduction target, however.
The record-breaking exports in 2024 show that "low-carbon production [in France at least] is very competitive on European markets," said RTE executive board member Thomas Veyrenc.
"There is no ambition and no plan" said Valérie Faudon, General Delegate of the French Nuclear Energy Society.
Draft rules proposed by the European Commission propose postponing until 1 July 2028 a decision on whether nuclear energy-derived hydrogen can be eligible for the 'low-carbon' label.
According to a TechniAtome internal email seen by Euractiv, on 5 July the teams working on the Nuward project were asked to demobilise – just four days after EDF announced its intention to “evolve the design” of its SMR.
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