Josep Borrell hexpressed doubts on young people's genuine engagement to tackling climate change — Reuters pic
Speaking in Brussels today, Borrell said he had doubts about young people’s genuine engagement to tackling climate change, and questioned whether they were ready to change their lifestyles to help compensate miners and others who will be most affected by measures to cut carbon emissions. Under pressure, Borrell, a Spanish socialist, later apologised. “I want to apologise to anyone that may have felt offended by my inappropriate reference to the important youth movement fighting #climatechange,” he tweeted on Saturday.