“In 2019, when von der Leyen was appointed president of the EU Commission, neither the heads of the European countries nor the EU Parliament had requested the #GreenDeal from her. "She didn't have a political mandate. She did it on her own initiative," said Philippe #Lamberts, the co-president of the Green MEP group in the #EuropeanParliament. It is a design flaw that the green transition could pay dearly for in 2024.”
https://www.lemonde.fr/en/environment/article/2024/01/29/europe-s-green-deal-is-attacked-on-all-sides_6474382_114.html
https://www.lemonde.fr/en/environment/article/2024/01/29/europe-s-green-deal-is-attacked-on-all-sides_6474382_114.html