US EditionFar-Right Patriots Take Lead on EU Climate Target Talks
EUROPEAN UNION, JUL 8 – The far-right Patriots for Europe group will shape the EU's 2040 climate emissions target, opposing the European Green Deal and aiming to limit economic burdens on industry, officials said.
- Backlash over EU policies like the Green Deal and sector burdens led Patriots for Europe to outbid the EPP for the climate negotiation role through a closed-door meeting.
- Patriots for Europe, third-largest in the parliament with 11 ENVI seats, will appoint the rapporteur and lead climate negotiations, gaining significant influence over the EU's 2040 target.
- Despite opposition from progressive groups proposing a fast-track vote, EU environment ministers are set to debate the target in mid-July, amid rising right-wing influence, as Patriots for Europe resists ambitious climate policies.
- Formal trilogue negotiations on the EU's 2040 climate target are set to begin in late 2025, aiming to conclude before COP30 in Brazil, with the final legally binding agreement expected by year's end.
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The radical-right, climate-skeptical group in the European Parliament will lead the negotiations leading up to the Climate Conference in the autumn. Groen fears the negotiations will fail and tried to circumvent this with an emergency procedure, but the European Parliament voted against it today.
EU lawmakers reject attempt to curb far right’s sway on climate talks
BRUSSELS: The European Parliament on Wednesday rejected a proposal to fast-track talks on the EU’s new climate target, scuttling a move by liberal, socialist and green lawmakers to try to limit the influence of climate skeptic lawmakers on the goal. The far-right Patriots of Europe group, which rejects EU policies to curb climate change, on Tuesday took on the role of lead
EU lawmakers reject attempt to curb far right's sway on climate talks
BRUSSELS (Reuters) -The European Parliament on Wednesday rejected a proposal to fast-track talks on the EU's new climate target, scuttling a move by liberal, socialist and green lawmakers to try to limit the influence of climate sceptic lawmakers on the goal. Read full story
The Patriotes on Europe are no mystery of their hostility towards the European Green Pact. Fearing that they will freeze the legislative text, the Socialists, the Liberals and the Greens are considering going through the urgent procedure. Not the Conservatives of the EPP. ...
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