Asked to react to Emmanuel Macron’s recent statements in favour of a possible “European regulatory pause” on environmental legislation (see EUROPE B13181A9), the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, recalled, on Monday 15 May, the role, according to her, of the French Head of State in the implementation of a European commitment to the ecological transition
“France has spared no effort in this area”, said the Commission President at the end of her joint...