The Green 10 coalition met with the European Commission President on July 10 2026 to discuss key priorities for an ambitious environmental agenda.

On July 11, 2025, the Green 10 Coalition met with the European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen. In this letter, we outline our asks to the President and the College of Commissioners.

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Letter of the Green 10 to Roberta Metsola to congratulate her on the re-election as president of the European Parliament, calling on her to put the climate, biodiversity and pollution emergency at the forefront of your tenure, steering the Parliament to tackle this crisis and building on the European Green Deal to accelerate the EU’s transition towards a fossil-free, socially just, healthy and climate-neutral union.

Letter of the Green 10 to Ursula von der Leyen to congratulate her on the re-election as president of the European Commission for the 2024-2029 political term and to call for strengthening European efforts to tackle the climate and biodiversity emergency, building on the European Green Deal to accelerate the EU’s transition towards a fossil-free, socially just, healthy and climate neutral Union.

The Green 10 wrote to Presidents von der Leyen and Michel on ensuring that the Ukraine Facility delivers on the environmental acquis of Ukraine.

“With this letter, we, the undersigned organisations, want to draw your attention to the urgent need to monitor the application of environmental and climate safeguards and incentives when disbursing funds under the Ukraine Facility and to use it to the largest possible degree for meeting the environmental acquis.”

The Green 10 has issued a letter expressing its concern about the nomination of Wopke Hoekstra as Climate Commissioner, following the resignation of Frans Timmermans.

“We count on you to take personal responsibility for ensuring that the commissioner designate fully fulfils the responsibilities of Climate Commissioner in these times of growing climate catastrophe and uses his considerable skills to truly advance the agenda”.

The Green 10 wrote to Internal Market Commissioner Thierry Breton to urge him to start the revision of the EU chemicals regulatory framework by June 2023, as well as to set clear conditions in the Net Zero Industry Act and Critical Raw Materials Act for the respect of climate, environmental and broader social objectives.

The letter also calls for the green transition in Europe to respect human rights, and in particular the rights of indigenous communities both in the EU and abroad. More than half of the world’s “transition minerals” – raw materials like cobalt and lithium – are found within or next to indigenous lands.

The Green 10 wrote to European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, Vice President Frans Timmermans, Vice President Maroš Šefčovič, Vice-President Margrethe Vestager, Commissioners Thierry Breton and Virginijus Sinkevičius to express their concern that the Commission’s Letter of Intent listing priority initiatives for 2023 failed to mention a number of the priority legislative files expected for the European Commission to publish in 2023 based on earlier plans by the European Commission.

The Green 10 ask the European Commission to adopt an ambitious Work Programme in 2023 and resist pressures to delay important files, and drive initiatives to help Europe overcome the current energy crisis.

The Green 10 wrote to European Commission executive vice-president Franz Timmermans to warn against the roll-back of environmental regulation and public consultation in the RePowerEU plan, undermining the European Green Deal and efforts to protect nature.

The Green 10 wrote to President von der Leyen, executive vice-president Timmermans and commissioner Simson to urge the European Commission to provide a clear strategy under the RePowerEU plan to shift away from EU dependence on fossil and nuclear fuels and to not simply replace Russian imports with fuels from other economies and authoritarian regimes, which would perpetuate Europe’s energy dependence.

The Green 10 wrote to President von der Leyen, arguing that the current geopolitical situation has revealed that fossil gas and nuclear energy are drivers of EU energy insecurity, and asking for the withdrawal of the 2 February Taxonomy Complementary Delegated Act.

The Green 10, BEUC, ECOS and Finance Watch wrote to Commission president von der Leyen to express grave concerns regarding the inclusion of fossil gas and nuclear energy in the EU taxonomy and to request an urgent meeting.

This statement, from the Green 10 and EuroNatur, outlines our main concerns about the application of the ‘do no significant harm’ principle to EU public funds, and makes recommendations to strengthen this mechanism for future use. It was accompanied by a joint letter to Executive Vice-President Timmermans, Executive Vice-President Dombrovskis and Commissioner Sinkevičius,

Green10 organisations express their concerns about the transparency and implementation of national recovery and resilience plans, and make proposals for improved governance of the process.