Factbox: What is von der Leyen's European Green Deal?


  • World
  • Tuesday, 26 Nov 2019

FILE PHOTO: European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen delivers a speech during the plenary session of the Paris Peace Forum, France November 12, 2019. Ludovic Marin/Pool via REUTERS

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Ursula von der Leyen, the incoming president of the European Union's executive Commission, has made combating climate change one of her top priorities.

She is expected to lay out details of her "European Green Deal" after taking office on Dec. 1 and deliver it within 100 days.

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