A new EU Parliament will be elected at the beginning of June, and new appointments will also be made to the European Commission. As the outgoing Commission did with the Green Deal as its overarching concept, the new (or re-elected) staff will then set their own priorities. General trends can already be foreseen: Environmental and climate protection are likely to be less of a focus for the time being than after the last election in 2019. While green parties made record gains back then, the picture today is dominated by farmers’ protests and a projected strengthening of the centre-right to right wing.