Frans Timmermans debates #EUGreenDeal in Corona and explains Why Green Recovery plan is not a Luxury

Frans Timmermans: Green recovery plan for the corona crisis is not a luxury, but a necessary duty! The committee strongly believes that a green recovery is possible, according to Timmermans, who therefore adheres to the Green Deal that should make Europe climate neutral by 2050. He pointed to the broad alliance – of companies, unions and seventeen member states, including the Netherlands – that wants to make climate law central to the economic recovery. “The route there must be irreversible,” said the Dutchman. “That is not a luxury, but a necessary duty.”

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Parts of the Green Deal are postponed. A biodiversity strategy and a proposal for circular agriculture (from farm to fork or farm to fork) were planned for the end of April. “That could be a few weeks later, but not months. We are working hard on that, ”assured Timmermans.

“Solar panels and clean cars should save us”
The crisis is causing job losses, so it is important that the Green Deal delivers work and growth quickly. Timmermans gave examples of helping households with solar panels, home insulation and the purchase of clean cars through demolition premiums. “But if it turns out that we have to adjust or delay our plans because of the crisis, we will do that. But I believe we should stick to our agenda as much as possible. ” According to him, this is not an obsession, but the result of an “almost clinical analysis.” Support is growing with rapid results, he thinks.

“Obviously we are looking at keeping certain industrial sectors afloat, but let’s do that rationally,” said Timmermans. But don’t fall into the trap that green investments are a luxury, because the Green Deal is a ‘lifeline’, the Commissioner told MEPs. He plans to set an interim target for CO2 reduction in 2030 as planned in September. “Climate change is like high blood pressure: if you ignore it, it will kill you.” And without action, it only gets worse, he underlined.

We need to reinvent the way we live, concluded Timmermans about the unprecedented challenge presented by the “terrible” corona virus. He says the motto is not to flee, but to fight for pan-European answers to a global problem. “If someone trips, everyone falls.” https://www.eudebates.tv/tag/green-deal/

MEPs call for green and ambitious EU coronavirus recovery plan

Members of the European Parliament called on April 21 for a pan-European green and ambitious recovery plan that should have at its core the Green Deal to restart the EU economy after the COVID-19 pandemic.

In a debate with Commission Executive Vice President Frans Timmermans, the European Parliament’s Environment Committee said on April 22 the EU must remain firm on climate change and the timetable foreseen for the Climate Law.

Last week, in its resolution on EU coordinated action to combat the COVID-19 pandemic and its consequences, Parliament called on the Commission to propose a recovery and reconstruction package that “should have at its core the Green Deal and the digital transformation in order to kick start the economy.”

Timmermans agreed and added that the European Green Deal is not a luxury, but a lifeline to get out of the corona virus crisis. Pan-European answers are needed and a green recovery is not only possible but crucial, as Europe would lose out twice if we mobilise investment to restore the old economy before we make it green and sustainable, the European Parliament said in a press release.

While all MEPs agreed that solving the health crisis is the immediate priority, many MEPs underlined the need to keep the timetable on important parts of the European Green Deal.

Timmermans said the timetable for the EU Climate Law is unchanged, with a revised reduction target proposal for 2030 foreseen for September, while the EU biodiversity strategy and the farm-to-fork strategy remain important priorities, but would have to be delayed “a few weeks, but not months”.

On November 28, 2019, the European Parliament declared a climate emergency in Europe and globally. MEPs also asked for all relevant EU legislative and budgetary proposals to be fully aligned with the objective of limiting global warming to under 1.5 °C.

The Commission proposed the European Green Deal on December 11, 2019. This was followed up with a proposal for an EU Climate Law on March 4, 2020, to ensure a climate-neutral European Union by 2050. The Climate Law has to be approved by the European Parliament and the Council of Ministers through the ordinary legislative procedure.

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