{"id":521082,"date":"2025-10-23T02:30:16","date_gmt":"2025-10-23T02:30:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/521082\/"},"modified":"2025-10-23T02:30:16","modified_gmt":"2025-10-23T02:30:16","slug":"crunch-eu-leaders-climate-talks-risk-opening-pandoras-box-politico","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/521082\/","title":{"rendered":"Crunch EU leaders\u2019 climate talks risk opening \u2018Pandora\u2019s box\u2019 \u2013 POLITICO"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>To date, this approach hasn\u2019t placated leaders. Ahead of Thursday\u2019s summit, 19 countries were <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/article\/eu-leaders-demand-even-more-simplification-setting-tone-for-summit-european-council-antonio-costa\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">calling for<\/a> even more deregulation from the Commission. A vocal contingent \u2014\u00a0including Poland\u2019s Donald Tusk and Italy\u2019s Giorgia Meloni \u2014\u00a0have made far-reaching demands that the bloc\u2019s existing measures be weakened, in return for even considering supporting the 2040 goal.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Leaders are not expected to spend much time discussing the actual target, although some countries that are unhappy with the Commission\u2019s proposal \u2014\u00a0a plan to cut emissions by up to 90 percent below 1990 levels by 2040 \u2014\u00a0are bound to vent their frustration.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Costa, who chairs the discussion, has instead asked leaders to discuss how the bloc can marry climate efforts with economic competitiveness.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"703\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GettyImages-2236804554-1024x703.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7378614\"  \/>Ursula von der Leyen has already spent much of her second term chipping away at green laws she proposed over the previous five years. | Sel\u00e7uk Acar\/Anadolu via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Both he and von der Leyen were unwilling to debate the target itself, according to one diplomat from an EU country and a European official briefed on the preparations for Thursday\u2019s summit.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>But his invitation to leaders to outline their conditions for supporting the 2040 target risks &#8220;a Christmas tree&#8221; effect,<strong> <\/strong>the diplomat said, where each leader hitches their own pet policies to the target.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The diplomat, who was granted anonymity as they were not authorized to discuss the summit, added that French President Emmanuel Macron \u2014\u00a0who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/article\/emmanuel-macron-joined-climate-bad-guys-camp-targets\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pushed for the leaders\u2019 debate<\/a> \u2014\u00a0was seen as pivotal.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"To date, this approach hasn\u2019t placated leaders. 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