On Wednesday 4 October, Slovak European Commissioner Maroš Šefčovič, who has been appointed by the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, to steer the ‘European Green Deal’ (see EUROPE B13243A7), and the European Commissioner-designate for Climate Action, the Dutchman Wopke Hoekstra (see EUROPE B13243A10), received the backing of the European Parliament’s Environment Committee (ENVI), confirming them in their positions.
This approval comes after the two...