COMMUNICATION FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT, THE COUNCIL, THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE AND THE COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS EU-wide assessment of the final updated nation...

EUROPEAN COMMISSION Brussels, 27.5.2025 COM(2025) 274 final COMMUNICATION FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT, THE COUNCIL, THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE AND THE COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS EU-wide assessment of the final updated national energy and climate plans Delivering the Union's 2030 energy and climate objectives {SWD(2025) 140 final} EN EN COMMUNICATION FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT, THE COUNCIL, THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE AND THE COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS EU-wide assessment of the final updated national energy and climate plans Delivering the Union's 2030 energy and climate objectives INTRODUCTION: DELIVERING ON THE 2030 POLICY FRAMEWORK The European Union (EU)’s objective to become climate-neutral by 2050 is also the path towards achieving energy autonomy and boosting our competitiveness. With only five years until the 2030 milestone to reach the EU’s energy and climate objectives, the need to reduce our reliance on fossil fuels has never been more pressing, as they drive up energy costs, increase our dependence on third countries, and accelerate the climate change impacts already so strongly felt across Europe today. In 2023 alone, the EU imported over EUR 430 billion worth of fossil fuels. That is EUR 430 billion that could be redirected to invest in the clean transition towards a more autonomous and secure EU. The EU must become a hub of innovation, where tomorrow’s...