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Politico (8 July 2025)

Zia Weise, Max Griera

The Patriots for Europe, a new far-right force in Brussels, has won the right to lead the European Parliament’s 2040 climate target discussions.

For years, the extreme right was content pooh-poohing the European Union’s climate efforts from the back benches. No longer. 

On Tuesday, the far-right Patriots for Europe group in the European Parliament seized control of talks over the bloc’s next emissions-cutting milestone, a surprise move that shocked centrist MEPs. 

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