Overview

• Patriots for Europe outbid larger factions in a closed-door vote on July 8 to secure the rapporteurship for the EU’s proposal to cut emissions by 90% by 2040.
• As rapporteur, the Patriots will draft Parliament’s position and lead negotiations with member states on the bloc’s new climate target.
• The Patriots for Europe group, Parliament’s third-largest faction, includes France’s National Rally, Italy’s Lega and Hungary’s Fidesz and has rejected existing EU climate policies.
• Green co-chair Bas Eickhout and Socialists & Democrats chair Iratxe García Pérez confirmed the appointment and have signaled efforts to challenge the group’s mandate.
• Several mainstream MEPs are lining up procedural motions to remove the Patriots from the file before the bloc’s fall climate talks and COP30.