{"id":453550,"date":"2026-07-02T13:15:12","date_gmt":"2026-07-02T20:15:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=453550"},"modified":"2026-07-02T13:15:14","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T20:15:14","slug":"european-peoples-party-leader-we-cannot-kill-our-industry-due-to-climate-change","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=453550","title":{"rendered":"European People\u2019s Party Leader: \u201cWe cannot kill our industry due to climate change\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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From Watts Up With That?<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Essay by<\/strong> Eric Worrall<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The five stages of Europe\u2019s climate grief: The bargaining stage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u2018We cannot kill our industry due to climate change,\u2019 Manfred Weber says<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

By Vincenzo Genovese<\/a>
Published on 01\/07\/2026 \u2013 9:35 GMT+2<\/p>\n\n\n\n

European People\u2019s Party President Manfred Weber has told Euronews that EU climate policies must be \u201creasonable from a business perspective\u201d and has criticised Spain\u2019s large-scale plan to regularise undocumented migrants.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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The European Union cannot \u201ckill its industry due to climate change,\u201d Manfred Weber, president of the European People\u2019s Party, told Euronews\u2019 flagship programme Europe Today<\/em>, as a brutal heatwave sweeping across Europe claimed around 1,300 lives and reignited the debate over the bloc\u2019s climate policies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Weber chairs the European People\u2019s Party, the largest political force in Europe, which has in recent years rolled back parts of the Green Deal \u2014 the package of policies designed to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions across the bloc by 2050 \u2014 in a bid to prioritise industrial competitiveness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhat we are asking for is to be reasonable in the business aspect. So we need a common understanding to bring things in balance,\u201d he said, underlining his party\u2019s role in shaping the Green Deal during the previous legislature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While Weber argued that climate policy must strike a balance with economic realities, he applied the same reasoning to personal energy use. For him, using air conditioning is a necessity, even though, when powered by fossil fuels, it contributes to greenhouse gas emissions and has become a flashpoint in the debate over the EU\u2019s climate transition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2026Read more: https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/my-europe\/2026\/07\/01\/we-cannot-kill-our-industry-due-to-climate-change-manfred-weber-says<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

While the European People\u2019s Party describes itself as center right, they are in no sense comparable to the right wing of US politics, in my opinion at best they are like establishment Democrats.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Germany Manfred Weber is also a member of the Christian Social Union. Politicians in Europe are frequently members of a national party and a separate pan-European party. In 2025 the Christian Social Union entered a coalition with left wing parties<\/a> to prevent the Trump aligned Alternative for Germany<\/a> from gaining any political power.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

European People\u2019s Party are very much cheerleaders of the climate nightmare which is threatening to destroy what is left of Europe\u2019s economy. As a dominant force in European politics they share a lot of responsibility for Europe\u2019s current problems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So what is driving this concern about the plight of industry? One factor might be looming job losses at Volkswagen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Volkswagen plans to slash 100,000 jobs, shut factories: report<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Richard Wood<\/a>
Updated June 28, 2026 \u2013 1.20pm. First published at 11.48am<\/p>\n\n\n\n

German car giant Volkswagen is considering cutting 100,000 jobs as part of a massive restructure that would be the biggest in the vehicle industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The company is weighing up closing four factories, with plans for the overhaul to be discussed by Volkswagen\u2019s supervisory board on July 9, according to a report by Reuters, citing two people familiar with the matter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2026Read more: https:\/\/www.nine.com.au\/world-news\/volkswagen-plans-to-slash-100-000-jobs-shut-factories-report-20260628-p60ao0.html<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

To his credit Manfred Weber has called for climate policy moderation before. But I still see this as a bargaining phase \u2013 an attempt to discover a set of policies which allows Europe to embrace their green revolution AND have economic growth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Denial, anger, bargaining, depression and acceptance.<\/strong> I guess bargaining is progress, the anger phase \u2013 lashing out at the USA and other perceived climate villains \u2013 was getting tedious.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Let\u2019s hope for Europe\u2019s sake they skip quickly through the bargaining and depression phases, and come quickly to acceptance they have to ditch their climate pretensions if they want to preserve any of their remaining industry.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The European Union cannot \u201ckill its industry due to climate change,\u201d Manfred Weber, president of the European People\u2019s Party. <\/p>\n

Weber chairs the European People\u2019s Party, the largest political force in Europe, which has in recent years rolled back parts of the Green Deal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":121246920,"featured_media":453555,"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_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_wpcom_ai_launchpad_first_post":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"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":[691818056,691819716,691843912,691843911,691827234,691821939,691831237],"class_list":["post-453550","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-climate-change","tag-climate-policy","tag-eus-climate-transition","tag-european-peoples-party-president-manfred-weber","tag-european-union-eu","tag-job-losses","tag-volkswagen-vw","fallback-thumbnail"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0-ChatGPT-European-Peoples-Party-Leader-We-cannot-kill-our-industry-due-to-climate-change.png?fit=1402%2C1122&ssl=1","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paxLW1-1TZk","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":332753,"url":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=332753","url_meta":{"origin":453550,"position":0},"title":"POLITICO: \u2018Europe\u2019s Greens take a beating at the polls. 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