Brexit, Clini: "EU loses strength even on environmental policies"

The exit of Britain from the European Union will also have consequences for environmental policies. In this new scenario, “there is no doubt that the role of EU trade globally is slowed down." The italian former Minister of Environment, Corrado Clini, explaines to Adnkronos news agency
the consequences of the referendum on Brexit on the Cop21 agreement.

In particular, the burden sharing, assigning to each country a national target to reduce polluting emissions, "Britain will have an autonomous position, no longer tied to the international trading environment." This, according Clini, "will strengthen the position of the United States, because the United Kingdom, to date, played a bridging role" in environmental negotiations. Now, however, from outside, "it will be easier to exercise a different role than in Europe" that, therefore, "also loses strength on the floor of environmental policies."

According to former environment minister, "it is premature to do analysis but there are a number of variables to take into account" that would 'weigh' negative impact on emission reduction agreements. Britain, for example, that "is trying to recover the business plan, it could take a position on the use of fossil fuels not exactly in line with Europe." In short, he concludes Clini, "an account is a Europe that is all at once. Others, however, is a Europe without the burden of Britain ".