Peter Liese: Very good speech / Ambition on climate protection clearly maintained, at the same time clear priority for growth and jobs / Dialogue with industry, appreciation for agriculture

"That was a very good speech by Ursula von der Leyen on the State of the Union," commented the environmental policy spokesman for the largest group in the European Parliament (EPP, Christian Democrats), MEP Dr. Peter Liese. "Ursula von der Leyen has left no doubt that we must achieve our climate targets. I wholeheartedly support this position. But precisely because we are so ambitious when it comes to climate protection, we now have to change course on other issues and give our industry better economic conditions. We want to shape climate protection together with businesses to decarbonize our European industry, not deindustrialize Europe. To achieve this, we have to speed up permitting procedures and reduce bureaucracy. I am very pleased and grateful that Ursula von der Leyen has emphasized this point. I would also like to thank her for her appreciative words towards the agriculture sector. Putting climate protection into practice is only possible together with the citizens, farmers and industry," Liese emphasized.

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