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Talks on renewable energy policy in Europe have achieved an unexpected breakthrough, as negotiators from the European Parliament and the EU member states were able to reach a compromise, report Dave Keating and Simon for EURACTIV. The deal includes a legally binding EU-wide renewable energy target of 32 percent by 2030, with “an upward review clause by 2023 at the latest,” according to Claude Turmes, a Luxembourg MEP, who represented the Greens’ political group in the European Parliament’s team. 
German economy minister Peter Altmaier  calls to increase the target to a 33-35 percent share by 2030 at the energy ministers’ meeting in Luxemburg, on 11 June. Addressing an event in Berlin on 13 June, he explained that increasing the target without a clear idea of how to achieve it would undermine the government’s political credibility.

Find the EURACTIV report in English .

For Altmaier’s comments, read the article Clear steps must underpin EU renewables goal - German energy minister.