Green parties took a drubbing in last week’s European parliament election, but they say they still have a shot at reviving some of the bloc’s climate policies put on hold to placate angry farmers and powerful industry groups.
The so-called Green Deal, aimed at transforming Europe’s economy to reach net zero emissions by 2050, was a priority for Ursula von der Leyen in her first term in office. It is now shaping up as the main ask for the Greens in the EU assembly to back her re-election at the helm of the European Commission.
Bas Eickhout, the Greens co-lead candidate in the EU vote, on Wednesday said the group’s priorities in upcoming talks were “the Green Deal and the continuation of the Green Deal”.