Dutch politician Frans Timmermans pledged to accelerate the energy transition in the Netherlands as he draws upon his time as the European Union’s climate chief in his bid to win the premiership.
Timmermans, who resigned his EU role after being named the leader of the Dutch Green and Left Labor party combination on Tuesday, said the current climate challenge facing the country is “gigantic,” but solvable.
Timmermans called for a wider reduction in household energy use and stressed the importance of making public transportation more attractive. “We need to show that these solutions exist,” he said. Before becoming an EU commissioner, Timmermans was the foreign minister of the Netherlands. His return to domestic politics comes as the collapse of the fourth coalition government and Prime Minister Mark Rutte’s decision to retire created a political vacuum in the country.
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