Ursula von der Leyen, the president of the European Commission since 2019, has long made the fight against climate change her trademark. The green pact, which should allow Europeans to reduce their CO emissions by 55 %2 In 2030 (compared to 1990) before reaching in 2050 carbon neutrality, was the cornerstone of its first five -year term. But, since the start of his second term, the 1er December 2024, it has the greatest difficulty taking the necessary measures so that the twenty-seven effectively comply with the Paris climate agreement, which aims to limit warming to + 2 ° C, and if possible to + 1.5 ° C.
On several occasions for the past eighteen months, Ursula von der Leyen has undertaken to give the European Union (EU) an objective of reduction of 90 % of greenhouse gas emissions in 2040. She even had, at the end of 2024, specified that she would make a legislative proposal in the first quarter of 2025.
Las! The Commission did not keep his word and, a few days ago, she said that she would present her target 2040 “Before summer”in June or July. Brussels above all began to prepare the ground for a goal that would be less ambitious than expected. “Our climate objectives remain the same”certainly assured Ursula von der Leyen, April 8. “But we will be more flexible and pragmatic about how to reach them”,, she continued.
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Source: Lemonde