Climate policy survives the EU election – for now

NO ROLLBACKS IN THE AMBITIOUS GREEN DEAL EXPECTED WITH SURGE OF FAR-RIGHT LEGISLATORS, BUT FUTURE PROGRESS COULD BE SLOWED

For the past few months, there have been countless media articles breathlessly anticipating a far-right breakthrough in last week’s European parliamentary elections and pondering the demise of Western democracy and global climate policy. Would Europe survive an influx of nationalists or collapse into 27 squabbling nations? Would the EU’s global leadersh…