On Tuesday 18 May, MEPs approved the EU's new energy efficiency legislation for buildings, which will help consumers to cut their energy bills and the EU as a whole to hit its climate change target of using 20% less energy in ten years' time.
Timotijs Kirkhoups (Konservatīvie un reformisti, Apvienotā Karaliste) norādīja, ka „Eiropai bieži vien trūkst nevis papildu pilnvaras, bet gan vēlmes pildīt saistības”.