{"id":46266,"date":"2022-06-02T16:54:00","date_gmt":"2022-06-02T14:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/eu-unit\/?p=46266"},"modified":"2022-06-02T16:54:02","modified_gmt":"2022-06-02T14:54:02","slug":"european-parliament-kicks-out-lobbyists-for-russia-but-their-fingerprints-remain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/eu-unit\/issues\/climate-energy\/46266\/european-parliament-kicks-out-lobbyists-for-russia-but-their-fingerprints-remain\/","title":{"rendered":"European Parliament kicks out lobbyists for Russia, but their fingerprints remain"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Brussels, 2 June 2022<\/strong> \u2013 In response to the decision by the European Parliament to strip lobbyists representing Russian state interests of their access to European Parliament buildings, Greenpeace EU sustainable finance campaigner Ariadna Rodrigo said:<\/p>\n\n

Greenpeace EU sustainable finance campaigner Ariadna Rodrigo <\/strong>said: \u201cMaking sure that Putin\u2019s cronies can no longer hang around the corridors of power is the right thing to do, and other EU institutions should now follow the Parliament\u2019s lead. But these moves won\u2019t change the fact that Putin\u2019s fingerprints are all over the EU\u2019s plans to add fossil gas and nuclear energy to the EU\u2019s taxonomy of green investments. Russia could earn billions from this greenwashing, and Putin\u2019s lobbyists won\u2019t care that they\u2019ve lost their badges if they can tell their boss that they still got the job done.\u201d <\/em><\/p>\n\n

Greenpeace France published a detailed investigation<\/a> in May exposing how Russian companies used subsidiaries and lobbyists to influence the decision to add gas and nuclear energy to the EU taxonomy. <\/p>\n\n

The report also revealed that Russia stands to be one of the main winners from the greenwashing of gas and nuclear energy, earning up to \u20ac4 billion extra from a taxonomy-driven expansion in gas capacity and a significant slice of an estimated \u20ac500 billion in taxonomy-related nuclear investments.<\/p>\n\n

Next steps<\/strong><\/p>\n\n

MEPs from the joint ECON and ENVI committees will vote on a draft resolution to reject the Commission\u2019s plan to greenwash gas and nuclear energy on 14 June. The full European Parliament will then vote on the taxonomy plan in Strasbourg in early July.<\/p>\n\n

Contacts:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n

Ariadna Rodrigo, Greenpeace EU campaigner<\/strong>: arodrigo@greenpeace.org<\/a> <\/p>\n\n

Greenpeace EU press desk<\/strong>: +32 (0)2 274 1911, pressdesk.eu@greenpeace.org<\/a><\/p>\n\n

For breaking news and comment on EU affairs: www.twitter.com\/GreenpeaceEU<\/a><\/p>\n\n

Greenpeace is an independent global campaigning network that acts to change attitudes and behaviour, to protect and conserve the environment and to promote peace. We do not accept donations from governments, the EU, businesses or political parties. Greenpeace has over three million supporters, and 26 independent national and regional organisations with offices in more than 55 countries.<\/p>\n\n

EU Transparency Register: 9832909575-41<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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