Protest against ex-oil manager Wopke Hoekstra as EU climate commissioner – Europe

2023-09-06 06:00:00

Brussels – The upcoming elections in the Netherlands are not only decisive for the country’s political map, but probably also for Brussels’ climate policy. After all, EU climate commissioner Frans Timmermans, the face of the European Green Deal, has resigned in order to stand as the red-green top candidate in the early parliamentary elections in his home country in November.