Source: European Parliament
Question for written answer E-000697/2025
to the Commission
Rule 144
Piotr Müller (ECR)
The document entitled ‘A Competitiveness Compass for the EU’, published by the Commission, refers among other things to public procurement.
It is steeped in ideologically driven propaganda aimed at promoting green ideology, even in public procurement. In this document, the Commission emphasises the importance of integrating environmental aspects into public procurement processes, indicating their potential to promote sustainable products and services and to support the EU’s green transition.
The document promotes these practices by encouraging public institutions to give preferential treatment to goods and services with a reduced environmental impact throughout their life cycle.
In view of the planned revision of the public procurement directives, could the Commission please answer the following:
- 1.Does the Commission intend to make Green Public Procurement (GPP) mandatory for certain categories of public procurement?
- 2.How does the Commission intend to reconcile the promotion of Green Public Procurement with the principle of free competition and the free choice of the best products and services, regardless of their ideological characteristics?
- 3.Is the Commission not concerned that favouring specific categories of procurement could lead to reduced competition and increased costs for the public sector?
Submitted: 14.2.2025