EU Commission nominee Von der Leyen pledges 'green deal'

Name: EU Commission nominee Von der Leyen pledges 'green deal'
Uploaded: 2019-07-16T08:04:53.000Z
Duration: 1 min 29 s
Description: Ursula von der Leyen, who is seeking the EU Commission presidency, calls for Europe to become the first climate-neutral continent.

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Ursula von der Leyen, the nominee for the EU Commission presidency, has called for Europe to become the first continent to be climate-neutral by 2050.

The German defence minister was speaking in the European Parliament ahead of a vote on her candidacy.

Europe

16 July 2019