Whether or not you agree with the climate policies or have doubts about the IPCC report adopted last October by the United Nations, Europeans, whether leaders, entrepreneurs or ordinary citizens, will not be able to ignore the policy framework proposed by the Commission and European Parliament, which forms the basis of the work to be done by the new Commission President, the German Ursula von der Leyen. The framework - based on the budget proposal that was finalized in May 2017 and which, in the first instance, was to be approved last May 9th at the Sibiu Summit, and was then delayed due to the European Parliament elections - is not expected to change substantially, thus maintaining 25% of the budget, and of the related structural funds for the period 2021-2027, dedicated expressly to the battle for climate change, the environment and renewable energy. Behind this plan is an ambition, supported by the document approved in November 2018, for the European Union to play a leading role and be the first to achieve zero emissions by 2050. The new President reiterated this during her investiture speech in the European Parliament, and the negotiations that preceded her “début” in the European Council, under the Romanian Presidency last June, specified the outlines with a final document that dedicates a whole paragraph to “the importance of tackling climate change in line with the Union's commitment to implement the Paris agreement and the UN's sustainable development goals”, and therefore “programs and instruments should contribute to the integration of climate actions and the achievement of the general objective of allocating (at least) 25% of budgetary expenditure.” What does this mean in daily practice for each Member State, which should have presented a general plan by December 2018?
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