Ecolo Asks to Invest 1% of GDP in the Climate Emergency: the Party Details How It Intends to Finance the Measure

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Gilles Vanden Burre, co-president of the Greens, proposes a climate emergency plan that would involve all levels of power, from municipalities to the federal state. ...

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Marie Colline Leroy and Gilles Vanden Burre are the Greens' co-chairs - Belga Ecolo has proposed Friday to invest 1% of gross domestic product (GDP) in the climate emergency, which he sees as a matter of national security. "Today, we are already paying almost 1% of our national wealth each year to repair the damage of climate change," says Gilles Vanden Burre, co-chair of Ecolo, in a press release. "We propose to do the opposite: invest 1% of GD…