EU 2024 series: EU and UK Energy policy - elections, priorities and challenges

The Flint Podcast

As part of our coverage of the EU’s 2024 transition, our latest episode features Flint experts discussing energy priorities and challenges, in the context of the upcoming elections in the EU and the UK.

The European single market withstood an unprecedented energy crisis after Russia invaded Ukraine. While some parts of the Green Deal have been accelerated, it has also faced a strong backlash. Europe’s industry is under pressure due to the worsening security, geopolitical and economic context. Many are wondering what the EU elections in June and the next mandate will mean for the sustainability and energy agenda. The key question will be how to adapt the EU industry to the EU’s decarbonisation objectives in a volatile geopolitical environment while preserving its competitiveness.

In the UK, energy and climate policy remain a key political issue, something that is unlikely to change whatever the electoral outcome. Although the pace of the transition will come under further scrutiny, a potential Labour government would inject further momentum in the agenda, including on the wider sustainability side.

To shed light on the key debates that will define the future policy and regulatory agenda on energy in the EU and the UK, Flint Manager Ivana Bartolac will host a discussion between Flint’s experts:

• Gregor Kreuzhuber, Partner and Managing Director for Europe, formerly a European Commission official
• Josh Buckland, Partner supporting clients on energy, climate and sustainability issues, based in London, formerly an Energy Advisor in the UK Government
• Sir Julian King, Specialist Partner, formerly UK’s EU Commissioner, responsible for EU policy on security, cyber and other important aspects of tech and data.