WRITTEN BY WOLFGANG MÜNCHAU ON FEB 29, 2024. POSTED IN NEWS AND OPINION
Europe’s Consensus On Climate Is Crumbling
At stake in the European elections in June this year will be everything that defines the modern EU: a large volume of net zero legislation, a values-based foreign policy, and ever-more intrusive business regulation.
Polls suggest the centrist majority that has supported these policies is growing slimmer. [emphasis, links added]
Ursula von der Leyen [pictured above] has been the quintessential representative of that majority. Born in Brussels, German by nationality, proposed by France, she was the perfect candidate for European Commission president in late 2019.
Now she is seeking a second term. Whether she will succeed will depend to a large extent on whether the centrist four-party coalition that supported her in 2019 will hold.
https://climatechangedispatch.com/europes-consensus-on-climate-is-crumbling/
