L R AS Published on Friday 17 April 2020 - n° 318 - Categories:Europe
European green policy to get out of the crisis?
The European institutions seem ready to propose a way out of the health and economic crisis through the introduction of a green policy.
Some 13 ministers from EU member countries
who are charged by their constituents to fight climate change and protect the environment have signed an open letter to the European Commission calling on them to that the European "Green Contract" announced at the time the Covid-19 wave swept through Europe should be the cornerstone of the budgetary response to the health crisis.
Today, 79 Members of the European Parliament, the CEOs of 37 European companies and representatives of industry and NGOs have issued their own demands for a "Green Relaunch".
Pascal Canfin, calls for "a global alliance of policy makers, business and finance leaders, trade unions, NGOs, think tanks and stakeholders to support and implement the establishment of Green Recovery and biodiversity investment packages that will serve as accelerators for the transition to climate neutrality and healthy ecosystems.
"We must resist the temptations of short-term solutions in response to the current crisis that risk locking the EU into a fossil fuel economy for decades to come," the ministers say. "In this context, we are pleased that the Commission is on track to present, by September 2020, an impact-assessed plan to raise the EU's ambitions for 2030 and reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 50-55% compared to 1990 levels. »
PV Magazine of 15 April
Editor's note The ecologists make so much noise, so much demagogy, agitate the risks for the planet so much that one would almost adopt their theses without thinking. But what is behind this as a concrete element for everyday life? How do we go about it? What are the costs? How do they want to do away with polluting industries? Can they claim that competitiveness will be strengthened and not weakened in comparison with countries that do not make this change?
What is striking is the gap between the ideas and daily behaviour of each individual and the environmental representatives. Business leaders are well aware of the dangers of the climate, but cannot change the economic environment. Otherwise, other behaviours would be adopted. The lack of change in habits raises questions about the possibility and willingness to change.
In a way, idealism dominates.
