The report by Swedish MEP Jytte Guteland (S&D, Sweden) on the ‘climate law’, which is due to be put to the vote in the European Parliament plenary session on 6 October, calls for a ‘European Climate Change Council’ (ECCC) to be set up by 30 June 2022.
While this proposal was widely supported (61 votes in favour of the amendment, 17 against and 3 abstentions) when the report was adopted by the Parliament’s Committee on the Environment (ENVI) (see EUROPE B12557A1), some MEPs...