Commissioner Arias Cañete in Berlin to advance talks on the “Clean Energy for All Europeans” package

Commissioner for Climate Action and Energy, Miguel Arias Cañete, will visit Berlin on 9-10 March. During his visit, the Commissioner will have meetings with the Head of the Federal Chancellery and Federal Minister for Special Tasks, Peter Altmaier, and the Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Energy, Brigitte Zypries. The Commissioner will also meet the Committee on the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety and the Committee on Economic Affairs and Energy, as well as energy stakeholders and environmental organisations. At the meetings, the Commissioner will discuss how to make steady progress towards the adoption of the “Clean energy for all Europeans” package (IP/16/4009) and will also exchange views on the decarbonisation of the transport sector following the Commission’s strategy for low-emission mobility in 2016. During the second day of his visit, the Commissioner will discuss how to sustain a competitive and business-friendly energy transition with members of the Economic Council. He will also meet the Vice-Chancellor and Federal Minister for Science, Research and Economy of Austria, Reinhold Mitterlehner.