The General Assembly of The European Parliament gathered together in Strasbourg has approved the legal regulation to increase the share of renewable energy in the total energy consumption to 32% by 2030. With the regulation that was adopted with 104 to 434 votes, the 2030 objectives of the use of renewable energy sources of the EU to adapt to the climate targets were increased to 32% from 27%.

Also with the regulation, the energy productivity objective of the EU for 2030 was set at 32,5 % while the EU mandated a national energy and climate plan for each member country for the 2021-2030 period.