MEPs to vote on appointment of Wopke Hoekstra after his endorsement by environment committee
A Dutch politician who used to work for Shell and McKinsey has been given the green light for the job of EU’s climate chief.
Wopke Hoekstra, who was the Netherlands’ foreign minister and worked for an oil company and a consultancy before getting into politics, was questioned by MEPs on the European parliament’s environment committee about his employment history and commitment to climate action during a three-hour session on Monday night.
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