European elections could be the saviour rather than the death of The Green Deal
The results of the European Elections clearly indicate a shift in peoples’ priorities since 2019, with economic security (cost of living), national security (defence) and national identity (immigration) pushing long term climate and environmental concerns into 4th place. The knee-jerk reaction is to assume the new political order will look to dismantle the Green Deal, Europe’s flagship environmental and economic policy. This is too simplistic and does not reflect the reality that far from unravelling, the Green Deal could now be injected with a much needed dose of economic sense, helping to reverse the bureaucratic muddle that it has become.
