13/07/2023 (Agence Europe) – The Vice-President of the European Commission responsible for the ‘Green Deal’, Frans Timmermans, the Spanish Minister for Ecological Transition, Teresa Ribera, and the Vice-President of the European Parliament, Marc Angel, met on Thursday 13 July to sign the establishment of an Annual EU Day for the Victims of the Global Climate Crisis, during a ceremony in Brussels. Set for 15 July, the introduction of this day follows a proposal put forward by Frans Timmermans one year after the floods in Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands (see EUROPE 12993/31). This day would serve both to commemorate the victims and to issue a warning about the reality of climate change, to encourage people to be better prepared for its devastating consequences. (NP)