Former Dutch foreign minister Wopke Hoekstra will try to convince European Parliament lawmakers on Monday to approve him as the EU's next head of climate change policy, responsible for emissions-cutting measures in the world's third-biggest economy.
Hoekstra faces a three-hour hearing in the European Parliament's environment committee on Monday evening, seeking approval from at least two-thirds of the committee. Negative assessments have in the past prompted some commissioner candidates to withdraw.Hoekstra has the backing of the Netherlands and European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen.
"We must ensure that the Commission sticks to its commitments on the Green Deal and avoids backsliding as right-wing politicians up their attacks on climate policies," Green lawmaker Philippe Lamberts said.to push ahead with Europe's climate commitments both at home and at the U.N.'s COP28 climate summit in November where, if approved, he would lead negotiations for the 27-country bloc.
A former finance minister, he has vowed tougher action to phase out the 52 billion euros that EU countries spend subsidising fossil fuels each year.have questioned whether his previous roles equip him to lead climate policy. Legislators are also expected to question him about a role working at the oil and gas firm Shell in 2002-2004.
It is not uncommon, however, for EU commissioners to take on new portfolios and work with the EU civil service to master them. "I've met with him on the areas that I work on, and I've been very impressed," one EU official said. Louis Dreyfus Company , one of the world's largest crop merchants, on Monday said its first-half net profit and sales fell from a year earlier, when results were boosted by upheaval linked to the war in Ukraine.
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