Denmark's hopes of being able to make a decision on the EU's 2040 climate target at a ministerial meeting next week may be close to being extinguished.
According to Ritzau's information, Germany, like France, wants the issue to be addressed at a future EU summit. Poland and the Czech Republic have also spoken in favor of the decision being made at an EU summit.
However, the final decision has not yet been made. But when the EU's two largest countries share a point of view, it is difficult for the Danish EU presidency to maintain the desire for a quick decision.
The Danish EU presidency has otherwise worked hard over the summer to create a compromise that could get the EU countries to agree on the 2040 climate target at next week's ministerial meeting. This would also make it possible to set an ambitious 2035 target, which must be reported to the UN in September.
It is the 2035 target that the EU will use to fight to get other countries to join in protecting the climate at the upcoming COP30 climate summit in Brazil. If the decision is postponed, it will make it more difficult for EU countries to agree on the 2040 target.
At the ministerial meeting next week, the decision will only require a qualified majority to pass. If instead the decision on the 2040 target is made at an EU summit, it will require unanimity.
Therefore, the target risks being blocked by climate-sceptical countries such as Hungary.
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