Why are European leaders staying silent after our summer of climate shock?
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Key context: <p>Lethal temperatures and wildfires have exposed a widening gulf between voters demanding action and politicians unwilling to confront the long-term choices global heating requires</p><p><strong>•</strong><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/mar/22/this-is-europe-sign-up-guardian-email-updates"><strong> Don’t get This Is Europe delivered to your inbox? Sign up here</strong></a></p><p>The climate crisis means “we’re going to have to change everything – the way we live, the way we produce, the way we trade,” France’s veteran radical-left firebrand, Jean-Luc Mélenchon, <a href="https://www.boursorama.com/actualite-economique/actualites/presidentielle-melenchon-colore-sa-rentree-en-vert-en-proposant-la-conscription-ecologique-6990bf5daa0a5200c3d3322c0ac0c857">told the summer congress</a> of his France Insoumise party last weekend.</p><p>The term “climate change”, said Mélenchon – the most likely rival to Marine Le Pen in next year’s presidential run-off, <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/french-far-left-leader-melenchon-seen-reaching-presidential-runoff-poll-shows-2026-08-24/">according to one poll this week</a> – may sound “almost reassuring”, but its actual impact will feel like “landing on another planet whenever we leave home”.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/aug/26/why-are-european-leaders-staying-silent-after-our-summer-of-climate-shock">Continue reading...</a> This development from The Guardian highlights ongoing changes in the sector.
Lethal temperatures and wildfires have exposed a widening gulf between voters demanding action and politicians unwilling to confront the long-term choices global heating requires• Don’t get This Is Europe delivered to your inbox? Sign up hereThe climate crisis means “we’re going to have to change everything – the way we live, the way we produce, the way we trade,” France’s veteran radical-left firebrand, Jean-Luc Mélenchon, told the summer congress of his France Insoumise party last weekend.The term “climate change”, said Mélenchon – the most likely rival to Marine Le Pen in next year’s presidential run-off, according to one poll this week – may sound “almost reassuring”, but its actual impact will feel like “landing on another planet whenever we leave home”. Continue reading...
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