2023-10-05 22:51:00
Green Alliance considers the appointment of the new European Commissioner for Climate Action, (he comes from the oil company Shell), “a nonsense and a regrettable image-washing exercise and we deeply regret the support, especially of the European Greens, for this appointment”
Editorial / EP
Friday, October 6, 2023
Green Alliance described it as a “regrettable image greenwashing exercise” (greenwashing) the appointment of Wopke Hoekstra as the new European Commissioner for Climate Action and “deeply” regrets the “nonsense” of the support for this appointment expressed by The European Greens.
Comes from the oil company Shell
In a statement, the coordinator of Alianza Verde, Juantxo López de Uralde, considers that precisely “at a very delicate moment in which the environmental policies of the European Union are going backwards, the appointment of Wopke Hoekstra as the new Commissioner for Climate Action is “an image-washing exercise and is one more step in the opposite direction towards strengthening climate policies.”
Once again, the future of climate policy is put in the hands of the oil companies
López de Uralde points out that the new commissioner comes from the oil company Shell, which is why he denounces that “once again” the future of climate policy is being put in the hands of the oil companies, “in this case in the EU, which is the one that owes it.” lead at a global level”.
“We consider it absurd and regrettable image washing exercise and we deeply regret the support, especially from the European Greens, for this appointment,” he concludes.
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