Defend the Green Deal from the polluters' lobby!

Why is this important?

The European Green Deal is the most significant environmental and climate protection programme the European Union has ever launched. It is a real milestone for nature conservation, climate protection and the circular economy. In the last five years, 38 EU laws have been adopted to make Europe more climate-friendly and economically sustainable. Their implementation will take Europe a considerable step forward in climate protection and transitioning to a sustainable economy.

However, the ambitious roadmap to make Europe the first climate-neutral continent by 2050 is under threat from the Europe-wide shift to the right.

An alliance of right-wingers and conservatives in the EU Parliament and EU member states is putting pressure on Ursula von der Leyen. The Commission President intends to present proposals that will significantly undermine the Green Deal in the coming weeks. And this is just the beginning. More is to follow! The so-called ‘omnibus’ proposals are a veritable festival for the polluters’ lobby. Under the guise of reducing bureaucracy, the EU Commission wants to gut the Green Deal systematically. The end of new climate-damaging combustion engine cars is just as much at risk as protecting fundamental human rights through the European Supply Chain Act. The EU Commission does not even want to enforce existing legislation for the expansion of renewable energies.

This attack on the Green Deal not only jeopardises the basis of our survival but also the future of a prosperous European economy.