Politics
EU Leaders Poised for Clash Over New Climate Goal at Summit
- Eastern nations want more funds for deeper 2030 emission cuts
- Budget row is set to dominate Dec. 10-11 leaders’ meeting
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A brewing spat over the European Union’s plan to tighten its 2030 climate goal is adding to a list of conflicts that the region’s leaders will have to deal with at a meeting next week, threatening to delay the start of an unprecedented green overhaul.
Old fault lines between eastern and western member states are resurfacing over the costs of an ambitious economic clean-up just as Poland and Hungary threaten to veto the bloc’s budget and a recovery fund. EU leaders will tackle these and other issues at a summit in Brussels Dec. 10-11.