Ethanol stakeholder: EU needs more pragmatic approach to biofuels

The EU will be able to reach its energy goals and reduce CO2 emissions as long as policy makers take a “more pragmatic” and science-based approach when it comes to biofuels, Valérie Corre, President of the European Renewable Ethanol Association (ePURE), told Euractiv in an interview.

“I believe that we need to have much more pragmatism in our decision making process, looking at facts and science and not let dogmatism in the way. Because when you take a dogmatic approach, you are missing the pointn […] you are killing opportunities that are really at our disposal to act today as we speak”, she said.

| 25 Jan 2024 | 15:57 | 1 min. read | Content type: video | Euractiv is part of the Trust Project

This article is part of our special report Will biofuels have a role in EU transport decarbonisation?.

The EU will be able to reach its energy goals and reduce CO2 emissions as long as policymakers take a “more pragmatic” and science-based approach when it comes to biofuels, Valérie Corre, from the European Renewable Ethanol Association (ePURE), told Euractiv in an interview.

“I believe we need to have much more pragmatism in our decision-making process, looking at facts and science, and not let dogmatism in the way. Because when you take a dogmatic approach, you are missing the point […] you are killing opportunities that are really at our disposal to act today as we speak,” she said.

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