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Radio France Internationale
Radio France Internationale
Environment
Amanda Morrow

Fears populist surge will upend Europe's pioneering green agenda

An effigy of a farmer in overalls hangs near tractors belonging to protesting farmers blocading the A10 autoroute during a protest southwest of Paris, on 26 January, 2024. AFP - DIMITAR DILKOFF

The EU’s political shift to the right – and the dumping of its greenest-ever parliament – has fuelled worries over the future of the bloc’s flagship Green Deal and plans to turn Europe into the world’s first climate-neutral continent.

Suffering a loss of 18 seats and performing particularly badly in France and Germany, the Greens-EFA group has emerged as a major loser in EU parliamentary elections that gave populist parties a big jolt while still favouring the centrists.

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