EU policy officer
Email: raphaelh AT bankwatch.orgTel.: +32 2 894 46 00
Raphael joined Bankwatch in March 2018 as an EU Policy Officer. He was previously an EU Policy adviser for ENGIE and completed various internships, including one at the European Commission. He holds a Master's degree in European interdisciplinary studies from the College of Europe and in EU affairs from Sciences-Po Lille. He is fluent in French, English and Spanish.
More from Raphael Hanoteaux
With the lives of people across the EU and the European economy in a tailspin, many of Brussel’s best laid plans are being delayed or shelved. Perhaps nowhere is this more evident than with the European Green Deal.
A false solution to a real problem?
June 14, 2019 | Read more
New research by Bankwatch shows energy and climate plans (NECPs) in 7 CEE countries over-rely on unsustainable biomass to reach their renewable energy objectives.
Bulgaria, Hungary, Latvia, Poland and Slovakia all plan to expand the use of waste incineration to generate energy (mostly heat) as part of their National Energy and Climate Plans (NECPs). These plans will lead to much higher greenhouse gas emissions (
Web-version of the briefing Our analysis shows that most countries in central and eastern Europe are not committed to an ambitious energy transformation and instead stay as close as possible to business as usual scenarios. Moreover, the development of
On 19 July, two European Parliament Committees – on Industry, Research and Energy and Transport and Tourism – delivered their first draft report [1] outlining what they would like to see in the new Connecting Europe Facility, one part of the EU budget after 2020 that Bankwatch is monitoring because CEF provides funding for key pieces of energy and transportation infrastructure across the bloc.
