“Our most pressing challenge is keeping our planet healthy. This is the greatest responsibility and opportunity of our times … To make this happen, I will put forward a Green Deal for Europe.” Ursula von der Leyen was in Rooseveltian form in her acceptance speech five months ago. Now in her second week of office, having gone to the Climate Conference in Madrid in her first, von der Leyen is gearing up for a very ambitious first 100 days. Is she living up to the high bar she and her Vice-President Frans Timmermans set themselves? Broadly, yes.
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