S5 Ep62: Director's Cut: The Green New Deal

The layout of the commission has largely changed this year. A key
part being that there are now three executive Vice Presidents,
driving three main economic issues. Frans Timmermans, responsible
for the implementation of the Green Deal; Margrethe Vestager,
responsible for the digital age and competition policy and Valdis
Dombrovskis, responsible for economy and financial services. The
major change being that, in this commission, the Vice Presidents
also have their own portfolio and Directorate-Generals to
oversee, suggesting these three will be instrumental in driving
the political priorities of commission.



In this episode of 'The Sound of Economics' Bruegel director
Guntram Wolff discusses with Simone Tagliapietra the new
commission setup and Ursula von der Leyen's European Green
Deal.



In his previous blog post on the Green Deal, Simone argues not
only does it aim to reduce the continent's emissions, but it also
has the potential to grow the EU's economy and transform the
bloc's politics. He also states the green deal has the motivation
to achieve very high climate targets in quicker time than
foreseen.



For further reading on this topic, we recommend another recent
blog post by Simone Tagliapietra on the global summits between
now and November 2020 that are crucial to the future of climate
change.