The EU's Green New Deal will only work if the EU - the Commission, the Council and the Parliament - radically changes their way of working. On speed, on priorities, on results & and on the big bucks (Photo: Martin Fisch)

Can the Green Deal – and Europe – succeed?

Green Economy

Opinion

by André Loesekrug-Pietri, Paris,

The president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, has unveiled the European Green Deal, and intends to make this the cornerstone of European policy over the next five years.

This sounds spot on. Von der Leyen has very correctly framed the vision. But who doubted that the EU should devote our efforts to the fight against climate change? This is not where Europe will be judged, but on the results.

The catch, in fact, is that it will only work if the EU - the Commissio...

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Author Bio

André Loesekrug-Pietri is director of the Joint European Disruptive Initiative (JEDI), founder of ACAPITAL, a European technology investment fund, and a former special advisor to the French minister of defence.