Green Wipeout Means Fights Ahead to Keep Europe’s Climate Goals
- Greens emerge as biggest losers in EU Parliament elections
- New climate target for 2040 will test lawmakers green resolve
A woman walks past an election poster of the Greens party in Frankfurt.
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This weekend’s European Union elections marked the end of the bloc’s greenest parliament ever after concerns over everything from climate policies to migration gave the populists a boost.
The Greens, whose rise five years ago helped the 27-nation bloc embrace the world’s most ambitious climate strategy, emerged in all but tatters from a ballot that ended on Sunday. Climate-friendly liberals also suffered a massive blow from voters while far-right nationalist parties strengthened their position in countries from Germany to Italy.