[News] Podemos ministers explode against the European Commission's green proposal for nuclear energy

[SougarLord]

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La vicepresidenta segunda del Gobierno de España y ministra de Trabajo y Economía Social, Yolanda Díaz, ha instado a la Comisión Europea a "reconsiderar" la propuesta de tipificar como energías verdes la inversión en determinados proyectos de energía nuclear o gas natural.

The Second Vice President of the Government of Spain and Minister of Labor and Social Economy, Yolanda Díaz, has urged the European Commission to "reconsider" the proposal to classify investment in certain nuclear energy or natural gas projects as green energy.

 

"Europe still has the opportunity to reconsider this decision in order not to move away from scientific evidence and social demand," underlines the second vice president of the Government of Spain and Minister of Labor and Social Economy in a tweet published yesterday January 1.

 

In this sense, Díaz appeals to "the political responsibility of pursuing a transformative and ambitious Green Pact for European citizens."

 

The indignation in the ranks of United We Can was also joined by the Minister of Consumption, Alberto Garzón, who considers that the draft proposal of the European Commission reveals an attitude “more dangerous than pure climate denialism: talking a lot about ecological transition and not act at all according to scientific evidence. '

 

The Commission's initiative is a first step towards the proposal that it promised to present before the end of the year but that in the end it postponed after verifying at the last summit of EU leaders that it is an issue that generates tensions between capitals.

 

Member States and the Sustainable Finance Platform have until January 12 to respond to the proposal. The Commission will then prepare a delegated law that will be sent to countries and the European Parliament for discussion.

Edited January 3, 2022 by SougarLord