By Oscar Pandiello ( September 4, 2025, 15:19 GMT | Insight) -- A target for a 90 percent cut in EU greenhouse-gas emissions by 2040 should be rejected, according to Ondřej Knotek, the far-right lawmaker leading the European Parliament's talks on proposed amendments to EU climate law. The biggest political groups oppose his stance, though, suggesting it is likely to fail. The parliament's environment committee has until Sep. 8 to amend the text, which must pass a plenary vote to enter the final legislative phase.A proposed EU target of a 90 percent cut in greenhouse-gas emissions by 2040 should be rejected, according to the lawmaker leading negotiations for the European Parliament on proposed amendments to EU climate law....
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