Key policies to make Europe climate-neutral by 2050 are being weakened by looming elections and persistent protests from farmers
The European Green Deal is limping to the legislative finish line as elections loom and farmers continue to stage fierce protests across the continent.
The policy package, launched with fanfare by the European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen five years ago, was supposed to make Europe climate-neutral by 2050. But with elections in June, in which polls suggest that some countries may take a swing to the right, the EU is gutting some of its key policies to cut pollution and protect the environment.
