Institutional structure
The term used for any country that is formally part of the European Union
What is a member state?
A binding legislative Act that is applied across the entirety of the EU
What is a Regulation?
An agreement that outlines the EU’s objectives, the rules for its institutions, and is amended when a new member state joins
What is a treaty?
The vehicle type that causes 60% of transport emission in the EU
What is a car?
A set of policies by the Commission with the aim of reaching net-zero by 2050
What is the European Green Deal?
Elected by EU citizens and is one of the bodies that reads and negotiates legislation
What is the European Parliament?
A legislative act that sets out a goal which member states must achieve by including it in their national law
What is a Directive?
The current number of Member States in the EU
What is 27?
The sector with the largest potential for reducing energy consumption
What is the building sector?
A set of proposals for the implementation of legislation in a variety of sectors to achieve the EU's 2030 climate target
What is the Fit for 55?
The main institution that acts as the executive branch of the EU
What is the European Commission?
A legislative act which is only binding to the addressee
What is a decision?
The agreement that laid down the foundation for the European Union and meant to stabilise Europe after the Cold War
What was the Maastricht Treaty?
A household’s lack of access to essential energy services
What is energy poverty?
The Member State that has opted out of the European Green Deal
What is Poland?
A decision-making body of the EU comprised of government ministers from each EU country
What is the Council?
The interinstitutional negotiation process used in the EU legislative process, involving the Commission, the Parliament, and the Council
What is a Trilogue?
The principle that calls for a determination of whether the EU, or a Member State itself, is most competent to take action
What is subsidiarity?
Train skilled workers, address labour shortages, provide production capacity are examples of this type of policy
What is industry support?
An alliance of four Central European countries that blocked the EU 2050 net-zero target
What is the Visegrád Group?