EU Climate Chief Timmermans Resigns in Bid to Be Dutch Prime Minister

Vice President Sefcovic will take over EU Green Deal duties
Timmermans appointed leader of Dutch Green Left-Labor alliance

Frans Timmermans
Photographer: Geert Vanden Wijngaert/Bloomberg

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By John Ainger

August 22, 2023 at 4:05 PM UTC

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European Union climate chief Frans Timmermans will step aside from his role as he leads the Dutch left alliance ahead of elections in November.

Timmermans, 62, will leave his position as the EU’s climate chief after he was named as the leader of the Dutch Green Left and Labor parties on Tuesday, according to a statement from the European Commission. Vice president Maros Sefcovic will take over Timmerman’s Green Deal duties, the statement added.