In December 2017, the European Commission presented a list of priority energy projects, including fossil fuel projects. The aim of these projects\u00a0consists in enabling the EU to comply with the energy and climate objectives.<\/p>\n
However, the list has been\u00a0strongly criticised by the Parliament. The main discordance\u00a0lies\u00a0on the\u00a0 large number of gas projects; the\u00a0European Commission states that the number of gas projects has decreased but this is questioned by the Parliament as the Commission has put some projects together. As a reaction to the list, the GUE\/NGL lawmaker Xabier Benito Ziluaga and Greens\/EFA\u00a0MEP Mich\u00e8le Rivasi are planning to raise an objection in the ITRE committee. As a result, both lawmakers and MEPs would vote on the list for the first time, although not on specific projects. The next step will take place in the following ITRE’s meeting in February and MEPs are likely going to vote. If the vote results in a rejection, the list will go under plenary in March.\u00a0A qualified majority could reject the list completely, but this is unlikely to happen\u00a0due to support from the EPP and ECR groups.<\/p>\n