Teresa Ribera recalls that von der Leyen received the ‘yes’ of the European Parliament for committing to the European Green Pact

The vice president of competition and clean transition from the European Commission, Teresa Ribera, has made a strong defense of the European green pact that is at risk due to the rise of the extreme right and the follow -up made by the European Popular Party, which wants to decaffein the environmental policies before the pressure of some economic sectors, such as farmers or car manufacturers. In full controversy for Carlos Mazón’s call to the “action against” the European Green Pact, which came forward with the support of the popular European in the last legislature, Ribera recalled that his co -religionery Ursula von der Leyen was re -elected president of the community government for committing to the environmental objectives.

“The objectives of the Green Pact are still there. Von der Leyen received the support of this house, from Parliament, because among its objectives it was intended to facilitate the scope of these objectives and was going to maintain those objectives,” said Ribera in an appearance in the Environment Commission in which, however, it has not made any mention either to Mazón or national policy. Those who have referred to Mazón have been the MEPs of the PSOE César Luena and Leire Pajín, who have recalled that Mazón has “embraced the denialist ideology of the outraged right.”

“Climate change is real and is a threat and not only social and economic environment,” added the first vice president, who starred in the first battle within the community government to stop the attempts on the right to reverse on the green agenda. The pressure of the economic sectors has permeated in the president of the European Commission, which has been softening the measures that were approved in the previous legislature aimed at achieving climate neutrality.

In any case, von der Leyen, which depends on the support of the PPE, the social democrats, the liberals and also on the greens, has always defended that the green agenda remains a priority for the reindustrialization of Europe. “President von der Leyen has been very clear: we maintain the course of the European Green Pact,” said a spokeswoman for the community government on Monday after Mazón called the “action” against her.

There is the circumstance that Mazón will be the host of the PPE Congress in April, which will be held in Valencia, although Alberto Núñez Feijóo opened to take him to Madrid with the excuse that Congress did not change the dates of the plenary Manfred Weber. After the Dana, Ursula von der Leyen specifically linked the disaster with the climatic emergency. “It is the dramatic reality of climate change,” he said after the catastrophe in which at least 228 people have died.

During the appearance in the European Parliament, Ribera has only changed from English to Spanish to respond to the attacks of the PP of Feijóo for its position with respect to nuclear energy. “In just five months he has gone from being the inquisitor of the nuclear in Spain to the defender of atomic energy in Europe, to finance the war on Putin authorizing the purchase of Russian gas in Spain to fight Russia cutting all source of financing, even the gas, from here,” said the spokeswoman, Dolors Montserrat: “There are two Teresa Riberas the minister that demonized the nuclear impuls it. ”

“Both know that the nuclear is clean, cheap and safe and that Almaraz is one of the five most modern plants in Europe, but while the Minister’s banner ordered the closure of all Spanish nuclear, prohibited uranium mining and uploaded a 40 Belgium.

“Let’s see if we respect the companies that decide what they want to do. Neither the governments authorize gas purchases that work in free market nor impose closures from any central [nuclear]”Ribera replied:“ It is always good to know the plans of the companies and that there are no blackouts. It is always good to respect the security conditions that the regulator can impose on nuclear energy. ”The vice president has also reminded her that” sometimes there are regional taxes on nuclear energy. ”