It is true that both R. Juknevičienė, who belongs to the faction of the European People’s Party (Christian Democrats), and her colleague J. Olekas, who is a member of the faction of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats of the European Parliament, emphasize that no one will definitely cancel the green course following the election of a new EP.
“I think that [žaliasis kursas] it will definitely not be stopped, because it is necessary for our survival. After all, it is not imposed from heaven. Life has forced us to stop climate change. Some elements will certainly be adapted to today’s realities. After all, they are the same as war [Ukrainoje] consequences and other things will require some corrections”, J. Olekas said at the press conference before the EP session.
In turn, he was supported by MEP R. Juknevičienė, who asserted that the EU’s green course will remain in the next term of the EP.
Žygimanto Gedvilos/BNS photo/Rasa Juknevičienė
“Politicians cannot change their positions so drastically to simply and finally undermine trust, of which there is not much left. But it is obvious that a bigger balance will definitely be needed, because a lot has changed since 2022. First of all, the war going on in Ukraine is, among other things, an ecological catastrophe. And money will be needed to fight its effects”, emphasized R. Juknevičienė and added that she sees that the mood in the EU is changing.
“Before the last EP elections, the green wave traveled through many European countries. There was only Greta Thunberg and the green course everywhere. Green political forces received a lot of votes then. Well, today a more realistic approach prevails. It is starting to be asked whether we will commission such ambitious projects. Therefore, there may indeed be corrections in the EU’s green course in the future”, asserted the MEP from Lithuania.
15min.lt reminds that the EP has so far followed the outlined trajectory of the European Green Course and rejected only the proposal on the reduction of pesticides out of all the issues considered.
This did not seem to console the farmers, and as their protests swept across Europe and tractors rolled through the streets of the capitals of the old continent, one of their main demands sounded from their mouths – the destruction of the European Green Deal.
It was recently announced that the European Commission (EC), which is part of the EU’s executive branch, supports 90% of the reducing carbon dioxide emissions by 2040 compared to 1990 levels. It is likely to become a benchmark for the developed countries of the world.
Still, skeptics question whether the EU can fulfill its commitments, and not just because of farmers’ protests. Although the bloc of 27 member states has already reached 55 percent. emissions reduction target for 2030, the Commission warned back in December that member states were lagging behind the plan.
For their part, political scientists say more and more boldly that in this year’s EP elections, green political forces will no longer receive the same support as in 2019, so the European green course they supported will no longer be the same.
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2024-05-13 01:40:14
