The Vice-President of the European Commission and High Representative of the Union Josep Borrell sparked controversy on Friday 7 February with remarks intended to stir up young people demonstrating in the streets for the climate change and thus spur them into action.
Accusing them of having the ‘Greta syndrome’ and questioning their ability to take concrete action for the climate, he outlined in a few sentences the paradigm shift underlying the European Green Deal and the Commission’s...