‘Green Backlash’: ‘Europe’s progress on climate action’ thrown into doubt as Green vote collapses in European Parliament elections
https://www.cnbc.com/2024/06/10/european-election-results-spark-fears-over-weakening-climate-ambitions.html Green parties were on track to lose seats in the European Parliament elections, provisional results showed on Monday. The result comes amid a broader shift to the right and a green backlash — or “greenlash” — against policies designed to tackle the climate crisis and protect the environment. Bas Eickhout, lead candidate for the […]
Celebrate! ‘Rise of the Right threatens EU net zero ambitions’ – Nationalists plan ‘to kill’ net zero, warn European Greens
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2024/06/08/right-threat-eu-net-zero-policy-elections/ Surging hard-Right parties are plotting to dismantle EU net zero laws after the European elections on Sunday, Green politicians have said. Nationalist forces will overturn the bloc’s ambition to hit the 2050 zero carbon target in the same way they hardened European migration policy by dragging it to the Right, they said. “For them, the next […]