European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen speaks to the media in Brussels, Belgium December 11, 2019. REUTERS/Francois Lenoir
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union's new executive launched a Green Deal policy package to tackle climate change on Wednesday, trumpeting it as the bloc's "man on the moon moment" - but fossil fuel-reliant eastern European states looked set to stall the initiative.
European Commission President Ursula Von der Leyen's first major proposal since taking office on Dec. 1 will commit the EU to achieving climate neutrality, emitting no more greenhouse gases beyond what can be absorbed, by 2050.
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