Failing the environment
Top politicians should not be reappointed without taking stock of their performance. The record of José Manuel Barroso, President of the European Commission, does not stand up to scrutiny. Europe deserves better.
The general trend of the Barroso Commission is to systematically prioritise short-term economic gains for industry at the expense of long-term environmental goals. Under Barroso’s lead, the Commission has delayed and weakened key legislative proposals aimed at tackling climate change, such as on cars and airlines. Barroso openly promotes nuclear power, which remains a dangerous, dead-end technology, and is trying to force through the authorisation of GM crop varieties in the EU, against the will of a majority of Member States and consumers. The Commission has delayed and weakened EU legislation on air pollution, waste policy and dangerous chemicals.
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