Frans Timmermans, the powerful first vice-president of the European Commission, will be the Dutch prime minister candidate for the coalition made up of the Labor Party (PvdA) and Green Left GroenLinks. Timmermans had launched his candidacy last July 20, but now the official statement has come from both parties (a decision that was definitively taken […]
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Green Deal Timmermans’ ‘tsar’ bids farewell to Commission
The czar of the European Green Deal, the powerful first vice-president of the European Commission, Frans Timmermans, launched his candidacy for Dutch prime minister to replace Mark Rutte in a move that could soon lead to his departure from the EU post. “I told the Labor and Green Left parties this morning that I want […]
Possible scenarios The advance of the right in Europe in the fight against the green deal Recent successes in Spain and Greece reinforce the hypothesis of an alliance between Weber’s People’s Party and Meloni’s Conservatives. Macron can also be added to this. All united by the same goal: curbing the ecological transition
The Right continues to advance in Europe, not only in polls, but also in the latest election results at national and local level. After the victory of the centre-right New Democracy party in the general elections in Greece (and the good result of the ultra-nationalists of the Greek Solution) came the clear endorsement of the […]
Why is McDonald’s afraid of the new packaging law?
Hundreds of meetings with political and corporate leaders as well as funding of studies, launch of websites and media sponsorships. According to experts on the subject, the European Union’s effort to thwart a new proposal on packaging has been enormous and is one of the most relevant in recent years in terms of lobbying. The […]
What happened to the “green” transition promised by the EU?
When the European Commission launched the Green Deal in 2019, it promised that the European Union would be the first bloc of countries in the world to reach zero emissions by 2050. sharp lack of action. According to Brussels estimates, Europe is at risk of 400,000 premature deaths a year due to pollution, 2.2 million […]
What happened to the “green” transition?
What happened to the “green” transition? Alfonso Bianchi Journalist 02 April 2023 05:00 Facebook twitter What’s up When the European Commission launched the Green Deal in 2019, it promised that the European Union would be the first bloc of countries in the world to reach zero emissions by 2050. sharp lack of action. According to […]
Brussels launches green industry plan, but already all against all
Faster permits for new wind and photovoltaic installations. The maxi plan to train millions of people in the skills necessary for the dual transition, ecological and digital. Free trade agreements targeting critical raw material supply chains, particularly car batteries. But first of all, it is the release of larger investments in two ways: the first […]