29-07-2025
MEP in charge of EU's 2040 climate target moves to kill it
The lawmaker leading the European Parliament's work on the EU's new climate milestone has filed a motion rejecting the entire proposal, a move other members of the European Parliament slammed as 'economically illiterate' and 'destructive.'
Ondřej Knotek, a member of the European Parliament with the far-right Patriots for Europe, was put in charge of drafting the institution's position on the 2040 climate target as the so-called rapporteur after his far-right grouping outbid other factions to take control of the file earlier this month.
Centrist groups, however, moved last week to curtail the far right's influence, meaning Knotek's attempt to kill the target is likely to fail.
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In his submission on behalf of Parliament, seen by POLITICO, the Czech MEP calls 'for this legislative proposal on the new, additional legally binding climate target for 2040 to be rejected in order to free up capacity for a clear change of course towards market-based, socially just and environmentally sound policies.'
