The European Union Parliament's environment committee on Tuesday declined to accept the two nominees to lead Europe's climate agenda, demanding more details on how they would take forward green policies, three EU officials told Reuters.
Former Dutch foreign minister Wopke Hoekstra, nominee for the EU's next head of climate change policy, and Maros Sefcovic, the EU Commissioner in line to taken over coordination of green policies, each failed to win approval from the committee during hours-long hearings.
The shake-up in Europe's green leadership - prompted by former EU climate chief Frans Timmermans stepping down in August - comes as climate policies face mounting pushback from politicians warning of the upfront costs of shifting away from planet-heating fossil fuels. Both candidates vowed not to weaken Europe's climate agenda - although, if approved, they would hold their roles for less than a year until after EU elections in June, limiting the amount they can realistically get done.
He pledged to cull fossil fuel subsidies from the next EU budget, and push at the UN's COP28 summit in November for a global deal to phase out CO2-emitting fossil fuels.
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