{"id":305546,"date":"2024-03-02T12:11:19","date_gmt":"2024-03-02T11:11:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=305546"},"modified":"2024-03-02T12:11:22","modified_gmt":"2024-03-02T11:11:22","slug":"europes-consensus-on-climate-is-crumbling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=305546","title":{"rendered":"Europe\u2019s Consensus On Climate Is Crumbling"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"482\" data-attachment-id=\"305550\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=305550\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/01400x934.jpg?fit=1400%2C934&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1400,934\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"01400&amp;#215;934\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/01400x934.jpg?fit=723%2C482&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/01400x934.jpg?resize=723%2C482&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-305550\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/01400x934.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/01400x934.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/01400x934.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/01400x934.jpg?resize=1200%2C801&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/01400x934.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>With farmers in revolt and the far right surging, is Ursula von der Leyen about to wreck her own green agenda?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.climatedepot.com\/2024\/02\/29\/europes-consensus-on-climate-is-crumbling\/\">Climate Depot<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a style=\"white-space-collapse: collapse; box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none; color: var( --e-global-color-643ece9 ); box-shadow: none; font-size: 16px; align-items: var(--icon-vertical-align,center); font-family: Rubik, sans-serif; display: inline !important;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.climatedepot.com\/author\/marcmorano\/\"><span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text elementor-post-info__item elementor-post-info__item--type-author\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: var( --e-global-color-secondary ); display: inline !important; align-self: center; padding-left: 0px;\"><span class=\"elementor-post-info__item-prefix\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; display: inline;\">By<\/span>\u00a0Marc Morano<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-climate-change-dispatch wp-block-embed-climate-change-dispatch\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"zQuqwpdCb0\"><a href=\"https:\/\/climatechangedispatch.com\/europes-consensus-on-climate-is-crumbling\/\">Europe&#8217;s Consensus On Climate Is Crumbling<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;Europe&#8217;s Consensus On Climate Is Crumbling&#8221; &#8212; Climate Change Dispatch\" src=\"https:\/\/climatechangedispatch.com\/europes-consensus-on-climate-is-crumbling\/embed\/#?secret=OSKypw5CG1#?secret=zQuqwpdCb0\" data-secret=\"zQuqwpdCb0\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">BY\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/climatechangedispatch.com\/author\/ccdeditor\/\">WOLFGANG M\u00dcNCHAU<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"390\" data-attachment-id=\"305552\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=305552\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/00farmer-rebellion-Europe-1024x553-1.jpg?fit=1024%2C553&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1024,553\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"00farmer-rebellion-Europe-1024&amp;#215;553-1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/00farmer-rebellion-Europe-1024x553-1.jpg?fit=723%2C390&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/00farmer-rebellion-Europe-1024x553-1.jpg?resize=723%2C390&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-305552\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/00farmer-rebellion-Europe-1024x553-1.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/00farmer-rebellion-Europe-1024x553-1.jpg?resize=300%2C162&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/00farmer-rebellion-Europe-1024x553-1.jpg?resize=768%2C415&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At stake in the European elections in June this year will be everything that defines the modern EU: a large volume of net zero legislation, a values-based foreign policy, and ever-more intrusive business regulation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Polls suggest the centrist majority that has supported these policies is growing slimmer. [emphasis, links added]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ursula von der Leyen&nbsp;<strong>[pictured above]<\/strong>&nbsp;has been the quintessential representative of that majority. Born in Brussels, German by nationality, proposed by France, she was the perfect candidate for European Commission president in late 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Now she is seeking a second term. Whether she will succeed will depend to a large extent on whether the centrist four-party coalition that supported her in 2019 will hold.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">All over Europe, we are now seeing a&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/climatechangedispatch.com\/report-says-green-transition-crumbling-but-will-eurocrats-give-up-their-net-zero-fantasy\/\">backlash against the kind of policies<\/a>&nbsp;the Von der Leyen Commission represents<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The far right is part of that response, but the&nbsp;<strong>main political shift has been inside Von der Leyen\u2019s own political group<\/strong>, the European People\u2019s Party (EPP), of which the German CDU\/CSU is the largest member.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This backlash follows one of the most hectic political phases in recent EU history. When Covid struck in early 2020, Von der Leyen was instrumental in setting up the EU\u2019s recovery fund to help countries deal with the economic consequences of the pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Then came the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/climatechangedispatch.com\/eu-parliament-member-green-new-deal-politics-making-poor-people-poorer\/\">Green Deal<\/a><\/strong>, a hefty tranche of legislation on renewable energy, land use, forestry, energy efficiency, emission standards for cars and trucks, and a directive on energy taxes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There was also a&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/climatechangedispatch.com\/french-farmers-vow-to-continue-tractor-protests-over-eus-oppressive-green-agenda-taxes\/\">tightening of standards<\/a>&nbsp;on pesticides, air quality, water pollution, and wastewater.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Farmers are resisting this program because it&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/climatechangedispatch.com\/great-reset-backlash-farmers-spray-police-with-liquid-manure-outside-eu-hq\/\">affects their livelihoods<\/a>. Industrialists, too, are unhappy. A big part of the Green Deal was its&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/climatechangedispatch.com\/protesting-german-farmers-have-exposed-the-globalists-net-zero-tyranny\/\">industrial policy<\/a>; the flagship legislation was the Net Zero Industry Act.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The industry used to be the EU\u2019s strongest supporter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But with the new laws came new bureaucracy: now, all EU-funded investment must include a&nbsp;<strong>green component of at least 30 percent<\/strong>, while a carbon border adjustment mechanism, to take effect in 2026, will&nbsp;<strong>penalize imports that do not meet EU carbon-emission standards<\/strong>. Together, EU legislation in the last few years amounts to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/climatechangedispatch.com\/from-britain-to-poland-to-germany-net-zero-resistance-is-growing-in-europe\/\"><strong>a near-total corporate regime change.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Compliance with some regulations is virtually impossible for companies without dedicated legal teams.&nbsp;<strong>It is going to get worse.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Under discussion right now is a supply-chain law that would&nbsp;<strong>make European companies responsible for human rights abuses in their supply chain<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>\u2013 including the suppliers of their suppliers.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I expect that the&nbsp;<strong>hyperactive phase of this green agenda will end with the elections in June<\/strong>. Some of it might even go into reverse. I am even starting to doubt whether the EU will ever&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/climatechangedispatch.com\/the-growing-public-revolt-against-net-zero-has-eu-politicians-scrambling\/\">enforce the 2035 target for phasing out fossil-fuel-driven cars.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is an industrial-policy disaster in the making because Europe\u2019s carmakers are&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/climatechangedispatch.com\/mercedes-benz-scraps-plans-to-make-only-evs-due-to-market-conditions\/\">having trouble selling their electric cars<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It is instructive to look at what happened to Green politics in Germany. The coalition of the center-left SPD, the Greens, and the liberal FDP started with great enthusiasm in 2021 but is now hopelessly divided.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After a string of unpopular laws,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/climatechangedispatch.com\/when-it-comes-to-energy-germany-should-have-listened-to-trump\/\"><strong>Germany\u2019s anti-Green surge has been in full force for some time<\/strong><\/a>. Both the far-right AfD and Sahra Wagenknecht\u2019s new left-populist party have&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/climatechangedispatch.com\/farmer-protests-bring-germany-to-standstill-over-governments-globalist-green-agenda\/\">identified the Greens as their main opponent<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They depict them as&nbsp;<strong>members of metropolitan elites forcing their urban values on rural communities<\/strong>. The language suggests parallels with Brexit. As the EU is associated with partisan policies of the center-left,&nbsp;<strong>opposition to those policies and opposition to the EU are starting to merge<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It was the sudden abolition of a diesel subsidy for agricultural vehicles that led farmers to protest in Germany. But their&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/climatechangedispatch.com\/why-farmers-are-protesting-the-german-government-they-wont-be-cash-cows\/\">discontent goes deeper<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What is&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/climatechangedispatch.com\/across-europe-farmers-continue-protesting-the-eus-stifling-climate-agenda\/\">happening all over Europe<\/a>&nbsp;is the&nbsp;<strong>first organized revolt against the green agenda<\/strong>. The center-right has discovered that there are votes to be had by opposing green policies.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/climatechangedispatch.com\/great-reset-backlash-farmers-spray-police-with-liquid-manure-outside-eu-hq\/\">Farmers and rural communities are starting to fight back<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A consequence of this is that the centrist coalition is no longer viable. This is a healthy development. When centrist parties always form coalitions with one another, we should not be surprised to see parties emerge on the fringes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The centrists\u2019 reaction to the rise of the far right has been to erect firewalls \u2013&nbsp;<strong>by simply refusing to engage with such parties.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This might work to begin with. But when the far right exceeds certain thresholds in support, as it has in&nbsp;Germany,&nbsp;<strong>such firewalls cannot withstand the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/climatechangedispatch.com\/growing-political-opposition-is-threatening-europes-heavy-handed-climate-targets\/\">electoral arithmetic<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In Brussels, the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/climatechangedispatch.com\/europeans-have-reached-their-boiling-point-on-green-policies-immigration\/\">firewall is cracking<\/a>. The EPP has already opened up to the European Conservatives and Reformists group, whose most influential member is Giorgia Meloni, the hard-right Italian prime minister, who has said she will support Von der Leyen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Meloni\u2019s big issue is immigration: I would not rule out the idea of Von der Leyen once again assembling a majority; what I struggle to imagine is a coalition that encompasses both the left and Meloni.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It is not clear whether Renew Europe, the liberal grouping in the European Parliament, will still support Von der Leyen.&nbsp;<strong>Support for liberal parties is weakening everywhere<\/strong>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/climatechangedispatch.com\/protesting-the-eus-green-mandates-french-farmers-shut-down-entrances-to-paris\/\">including in France<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mark Rutte\u2019s Party for Freedom and Democracy lost last year\u2019s election in the Netherlands.&nbsp;<strong>The German FDP is fighting for its political survival<\/strong>&nbsp;within the coalition in Berlin. Von der Leyen\u2019s hyperactive&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/climatechangedispatch.com\/meps-denounce-utopian-carbon-tax-as-green-agenda-passes-eu-parliament\/\">green industrial agenda<\/a>&nbsp;is the antithesis of what conservative-liberal parties such as the FDP are standing for.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And herein lies the ultimate irony. If Ursula von der Leyen were to win a second term,&nbsp;<strong>she would spend most of it undoing what she did in her first<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Read more at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newstatesman.com\/comment\/2024\/02\/europe-consensus-climate-crumbling\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">New Statesman<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At stake in the European elections in June this year will be everything that defines the modern EU: a large volume of net zero legislation, a values-based foreign policy, and ever-more intrusive business regulation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":121246920,"featured_media":305550,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"At stake in the European elections in June this year will be everything that defines the modern EU: a large volume of net zero legislation, a values-based foreign policy, and ever-more intrusive business regulation.","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[691819303,691819960,691819262,691827347,691818154],"class_list":["post-305546","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-european-commission","tag-european-union","tag-green-agenda","tag-green-economy","tag-net-zero","fallback-thumbnail"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/01400x934.jpg?fit=1400%2C934&ssl=1","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paxLW1-1hua","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":246837,"url":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=246837","url_meta":{"origin":305546,"position":0},"title":"One in Five Germans Fear Green Agenda Will Destroy Their Jobs","author":"uwe.roland.gross","date":"03\/04\/2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Around 20 per cent of Germans reportedly fear for their jobs amid the country\u2019s green agenda push, research has reportedly found.","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-169.png?fit=1156%2C650&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-169.png?fit=1156%2C650&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-169.png?fit=1156%2C650&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-169.png?fit=1156%2C650&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-169.png?fit=1156%2C650&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":449886,"url":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=449886","url_meta":{"origin":305546,"position":1},"title":"The Backlash Against Net Zero is Gathering Steam Across Europe","author":"uwe.roland.gross","date":"06\/12\/2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Is the UK Government seeking \u2018dynamic alignment\u2019 with the European Union to save its favourite policy agendas, like Net Zero? 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