European Commission President Ursula Von Der Leyen makes joint statements with Moussa Faki Mahamat, Chairperson of the Africa Union Commission, at the Africa Union Commission headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia December 7, 2019. REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Ursula von der Leyen, the new president of the European Union's executive Commission, laid out the details of her "European Green Deal" on Wednesday, coinciding with a U.N. summit on the climate.
Calling it "Europe's man on the moon moment," von der Leyen presented her plan to make the EU the world's first "climate-neutral" continent by 2050.
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