Although hardly a surprise, President Trump’s executive decision to exit the international effort to halt global heating for a second time has been met with dismay on this side of the Atlantic.
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00:00President Donald Trump's decision to withdraw the US from the Paris Climate Agreement has
00:15already raised some eyebrows within the EU.
00:19The Paris Agreement is the world's most important effort to tackle rising temperatures, and
00:24is supplemented by Europe's own Green Deal and the USA's Green New Deal.
00:50The first Trump administration made a similar move in 2017, but President Joe Biden reversed
00:55this on his first day in office in 2021.
00:59In the European Parliament, opinions on the matter vary.
01:19But for this MEP, there is a harsh reality to be reckoned with.
01:48The only thing certain is that Trump's first moves have triggered a major debate in the
01:55EU about how it should react.