On Thursday 20 June, the Heads of State or Government of the Twenty-Eight failed, as they had in March, to include in their conclusions the date of 2050 as the deadline for achieving climate neutrality in the EU. Despite 3 hours of discussions, four countries – Poland, Hungary, the Czech Republic and Estonia – opposed it. The opposite result would have been something of a miracle (see EUROPE B12278A3).
These coal-dependent Member States felt, despite attempts by European Council...