EU Green Deal? Germany’s liberals push for weaker ‘Yellow Deal’

By Zia Weise | 06/05/2024 06:43 AM EDT

Free Democrats say their backing for the next EU top executive hinges on weakening climate laws — a clear shot at European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen.

BRUSSELS — Water down the European Green Deal and you’ve got our vote.

That’s the message Germany’s pro-business liberals are sending to European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen ahead of this week’s continentwide election.

The Free Democrats (FDP), a member of the centrist Renew Europe group in the European Parliament, on Monday published a list of demands for the “necessary policy changes” the party wants to see after the election.

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Its support for the new commission, the party writes, is conditional on these changes being made. The FDP’s top priority: dismantling new green regulations.

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