“Better building and building for better”: shorthand responses for media on the revision of the Energy Performance in Buildings Directive (EPBD)

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In the last two days, following comments from Giorgia Meloni’s party Fratelli d’Italia, Italian media has turned its attention to the EPBD at a key moment ahead of its EU Parliament vote and EU Council negotiation with Member States. Unfortunately, there has been a lot of inaccurate/entirely false information on the national implications of the EPBD, planting doubts among the public on what would have been a monumental file for the climate and energy crisis in Europe, as well as sowing distrust about the EU at large. In order to properly address it, we have compiled below a handy guide to refute these dangerous narratives on a national level.