Today, the European Commission has published a proposal for a Just Transition Mechanism as the first deliverable of the European Green Deal. “The creation of the Just Transition Mechanism is a positive signal. From a workers’ perspective it is clear though that success will depend on its ability to maintain and create industrial integrated value chains and keep quality employment in all EU regions” warned Luc Triangle, General Secretary of industriAll Europe.

Brussels, 14 January 2020.

The new European platform for replacement reserves has been launched on 6 January by Transmission System Operators (TSOs) from eight countries: Czech Republic (ČEPS a.s), United Kingdom (National Grid ESO), Poland (Polskie Sieci Elektroenergetyczne S.A.), Spain (Red Eléctrica de España S.A.U.), Portugal (REN – Rede Eléctrica Nacional, S.A), France (Réseau de Transport d’Electricité), Switzerland (Swissgrid AG) and Italy (Terna-Rete Elettrica Nazionale SpA).

A PES delegation led by Deputy Secretary-General Giacomo Filibeck attended the hearing of Selahattin Demirtaş at the Sincan prison in Ankara today.

At the time of his detention in 2016, Demirtaş was the Co-Chair of the PES associate party Halkların Demokratik Partisi (HDP).

PES Deputy Secretary-General Giacomo Filibeck said: