On Tuesday 16 June, in an open letter addressed to the leaders of the European Union, the mayors of Bratislava, Budapest, Prague and Warsaw called for the European Green Deal to become an integral part of the EU’s post-Covid-19 recovery strategy. They called in particular for greenhouse gas emissions to be reduced more quickly by increasing the EU’s 2030 target from 40% to 55%.
Gergely Karácsony, the mayor of Budapest, said that “in the interests of our citizens and our planet, the EU...