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Hard-right MEPs risk doing serious damage to the EU's climate policy agenda

Andrew Warren

18 July 2025 • 6 min read

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MEPs in the hard-right Patriots for Europe grouping have been given the rapporteur role that could prove hugely influential in shaping the EU's 2040 climate target legislation, writes Andrew Warren

The European Commission has proposed a new 90 per cent reduction target for greenhouse gas reductions between 1990 and 2040. According to Reuters, it looks like the 27 national governments will agree to...

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