This policy brief aims to guide them in this process. First, it makes the case for the energy transition as a pragmatic political choice and examines the EU’s and member states’ key successes so far. The brief then analyses the challenges that lie ahead for the EU and its member states in continuing to implement the energy transition. Finally,

Nevertheless, von der Leyen has emphasised her continued support for the European Green Deal, and has framed the energy transition as a pragmatic way to strengthen the EU’s competitiveness and energy security. She is right to do so. Continuing to pursue a comprehensive energy transition is a pragmatic political choice. But the EU and its member s

Von der Leyen’s second mandate will therefore begin on less consensual ground regarding climate action (ground yet again scorched by a summer of extreme heat across Europe and inundated by floods). Talk of the green wave of 2019 has been replaced with discussions on how to counter the “greenlash”, and how opposition to the European Green Deal