We are glad to be part of the European alliance for a Green Recovery.
At the initiative of Pascal Canfin, Chair of the Environment Committee at the European Parliament, 180 political decision-makers, business leaders, trade unions, NGOs, and think tanks have come together to form a European alliance for a Green Recovery.
In the face of the coronavirus crisis, the biggest challenge Europe has faced in peacetime, with
devastating consequences and a shock to the economy tougher than the 2008 crisis, Ministers
from 11 countries, 79 cross-party MEPs from 17 Member States, 37 CEOs, 28 business
associations representing 10 different sectors, trade union confederation representing members
from 90 national trade union organisations and 10 trade union federations, 7 NGOs and 6 think
tanks, have committed to working together to create, support and implement solutions to
prepare our economies for the world of tomorrow.
This first pan-European call for mobilisation on post-crisis green investment packages will
work to build the recovery and transformation plans which enshrine the fight against climate
change and biodiversity as a key pillar of the economic strategy.
Sharing the belief that the economic recovery will only come with massive investments to protect and create jobs and to support all companies, regions and sectors that have suffered from the economy coming to a sudden halt, the alliance commits to contribute to the post-crisis
investment decisions needed to reboot and reboost our economy.
Covid-19 will not make climate change and nature degradation go away. The fight against this
crisis will not be won without a solid economic response. The alliance commits to participate in
the fight and the victory of these two battles simultaneously, and by doing so, being
stronger together.