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The sixth phase, in which we entered at the beginning of 2015, is marked, due to the climate change, by a definitive change of direction in order to link the protection of the environment with the renewable sources of energy (“transition to a law carbon economy” or “decarbonisation”). Since 2015/2016, the fight against climate change is a primary concern of the European bodies. Thus, the European Commission adopted the “Energy Union package”, based, among others, on the goals (“dimensions”) of decarbonising the economy, of encouraging private investment in new infrastructure and technologies and of setting an EU target of at least 27% energy savings by 2030 and of at least 27% for the share of renewable energy consumed in the EU in 2030.

For its part, the European Council, on one hand, laid down the “directions” of the “energy transition” of the EU and, on the other hand, welcomed the signing and the enforcement of the Paris Agreement on climate change (2015/2016), on the terms of which the Parties committed to undertake ambitious efforts to combat climate change and to accelerate and intensify the actions and investments needed for a sustainable low carbon future (“decarbonisation”).

This is exactly the objective of the package of height legislative acts called “Clean energy for all Europeans”. In addition to these legislative acts, the Commission launched a number of non-legislative initiatives aimed at facilitating the clean energy transition which included, among others, the “Clean energy for European islands” initiative.

Finally, the next step in policy-making is the proposal of the new Commission, chaired by the Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, known as the “European Green Deal”, which was presented in December 2019. This is a new growth strategy, which will determine how Europe will become the first climate-neutral continent by 2050.The individual elements of the 6th phase are analysed below.