{"id":1837,"date":"2019-02-27T11:58:33","date_gmt":"2019-02-27T10:58:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/master.k8s.p4.greenpeace.org\/eu-unit\/?p=1837"},"modified":"2019-11-06T09:33:41","modified_gmt":"2019-11-06T08:33:41","slug":"far-right-populist-surge-would-threaten-eu-climate-action-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/eu-unit\/issues\/climate-energy\/1837\/far-right-populist-surge-would-threaten-eu-climate-action-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Far-right populist surge would threaten EU climate action, report"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1841\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-eu-unit-stateless\/2019\/02\/929b2dfb-european-parliament.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-eu-unit-stateless\/2019\/02\/929b2dfb-european-parliament.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-eu-unit-stateless\/2019\/02\/929b2dfb-european-parliament-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-eu-unit-stateless\/2019\/02\/929b2dfb-european-parliament-510x340.jpg 510w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Brussels<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 A new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.adelphi.de\/en\/publication\/convenient-truths\">report<\/a> by Adelphi, a German think tank, has shown that the next European Parliament could see a greater share of MEPs opposed to policy action to tackle climate change. This could undermine the EU\u2019s ability to avert climate catastrophe, which scientists say could be irreversible within eleven years.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Greenpeace EU democracy policy director Franziska Achterberg<\/strong> said: <em>\u201cThis EU election is critical for Europe\u2019s ability to respond to humanity\u2019s greatest challenge. A major influx of European politicians opposed to climate action \u2013 or even questioning the science on climate change \u2013 would put a serious dent in the world\u2019s chances of avoiding climate breakdown. The choices we all make in May could shape the future for generations.\u201d <\/em><\/p>\n<p>According to the report, MEPs from parties such as the German AfD, Dutch PVV, Italian Lega, French Rassemblement national and Polish PiS have consistently voted against EU climate policies. They are projected to increase their number of seats in the European Parliament considerably, at the expense of parties that generally support climate action. The researchers warn that these parties could also influence the positions of mainstream parties, further weakening the European Parliament\u2019s role as an engine of progressive climate policies.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Contacts<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Franziska Achterberg<\/strong> &#8211; Greenpeace EU democracy policy director: +32 498 362403, <a href=\"mailto:Franziska.achterberg@greenpeace.org\">Franziska.achterberg@greenpeace.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Greenpeace EU press desk<\/strong>: +32 2 274 1911, <a href=\"mailto:pressdesk.eu@greenpeace.org\">pressdesk.eu@greenpeace.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>For breaking news and comment on EU affairs: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/GreenpeaceEU\">www.twitter.com\/GreenpeaceEU<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Greenpeace is an independent global campaigning network that acts to change attitudes and behaviour, to protect and conserve the environment and to promote peace. Greenpeace does not accept donations from governments, the EU, businesses or political parties.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brussels, 27 February 2019 \u2013 A new report by Adelphi, a German think tank, has shown that the next European Parliament could see a greater share of MEPs opposed to&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":1841,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"p4_og_title":"","p4_og_description":"","p4_og_image":"","p4_og_image_id":"","p4_seo_canonical_url":"","p4_campaign_name":"","p4_local_project":"","p4_basket_name":"","p4_department":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2,4],"tags":[22,23,25],"p4-page-type":[14],"class_list":["post-1837","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-climate-energy","category-democracy-europe","tag-climatechange","tag-democracy","tag-euaffairs","p4-page-type-press"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/eu-unit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1837","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/eu-unit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/eu-unit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/eu-unit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/eu-unit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1837"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/eu-unit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1837\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1843,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/eu-unit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1837\/revisions\/1843"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/eu-unit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1841"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/eu-unit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1837"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/eu-unit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1837"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/eu-unit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1837"},{"taxonomy":"p4-page-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/eu-unit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/p4-page-type?post=1837"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}