This post is a comparison of the Climate Change policies of the European political groups competing in the upcoming 2019 European elections. I have written it from an Irish perspective and it only covers groups that contain member parties running in Ireland. I have only taken information from the published party manifestos. My sources are below.

UPDATE: You can read an analysis of these policies in my follow up post.

Full disclosure: I am a member of The Green Party, who in turn are part of The European Greens. I have made every effort to be neutral in my reading of these policies.

The EPP manifesto, which they link to from their home page, is from 2012. As that’s the only document they seem to have published it’s what I’ve used.

I do not have policies for the independents, or the political parties who have not chosen a group. I understand that that is a disadvantage to those candidates and I would recommend you research them yourself.

This comparison is only meant to be a starting point. You should research the parties yourself and make your own decision on who to vote for.

It is especially worth bearing in mind that the parties published their manifestos at different points in time, and may have published additional information after the fact.

If you believe any of this information is incorrect please contact me on twitter and I’ll work to correct it.

* The Social Democrats and Independents 4 Change have stated they would discuss sitting with S&D and GUE/GNL respectively. This is not a guarantee that they will vote with those blocks.

Edits

2019-05-06 14:00: Corrected ‘Target reduction for 2030’ and position on emissions trading for GUE/GNL

2019-05-06 14:07: Adding link to PBP policies and note regarding party manifestos

2019-05-06 17:00: Added PES policies and section on agriculture after I was linked to the PES manifesto

2019-05-06 21:40: Correctly placed PBP and the Socialist party into GUE/GNL.

2019-05-07 10:35: Cleaned up intro to remove edit comments, moved disclosure below intro.

2019-05-17 11:35: Added PES to image.

2019-05-22 16:05: Added Social Democrats and Independents 4 Change.

Sources