(ANSA-AFP) - STRASBOURG, SEP 13 - The EU aims for a "fair and
just transition" to a carbon-neutral future, balancing the
climate change fight with the concerns of business and farmers,
European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen said
Wednesday. In her annual State of the Union speech to the
European Parliament, she said Brussels will be "supporting
European industry", while adding that the bloc will "fast-track"
permits for wind-power installations.
EU chief Ursula von der Leyen said on Wednesday that
inflation in the eurozone, which remains persistently high, will
not quickly fall to the European Central Bank's two-percent
target. "We know that returning to the ECB's medium-term target
will take some time," she said during a speech at the European
Parliament in Strasbourg, but welcomed falling energy prices.
The annual rate of inflation in the eurozone reached 5.3 percent
in August. (ANSA-AFP).
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