European Commission Vice-President Frans Timmermans, said on Friday (2 June) he was opposed to any “break” in the green transition, in a thinly-veiled critique of Emmanuel Macron’s call for a “European regulatory break” on environmental constraints. The French president said last month that a break was necessary to help industry digest the standards of the European Green Deal, adopted in 2019. “We are implementing what we have decided, but we must stop adding to it,” Macron said in a speech on 11 May. “The risk we run otherwise is, basically, of being the best performers in terms of regulation and the worst performers in terms of financing,” he added. ....