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.
Domestically, the EU has passed into law the vast bulk of its green deal legislation designed to slash emissions by 55% by the end of the decade. That ranges from phasing out car combustion engines to a carbon market overhaul. Elections in the bloc are also scheduled for June, providing Timmermans with the window to return to domestic politics. He’s a former foreign minister of the Netherlands.
Vice President Sefcovic was the EU’s chief negotiator for securing post-Brexit trading arrangements for Northern Ireland, a deal on which was signed off in March. He was also put in charge of setting up the EU’s joint gas purchase platform to stop companies from outbidding each other for scarce energy supplies as the bloc prepares winter.In July, the Dutch Green Left and Labor parties parties decided to combine their campaigns under a single candidate to succeed Rutte.
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