It is THE topic of the day in the Brussels climate-environment bubble: Diederik Samsom, the real eminence grise for climate issues in the European Commission, is leaving his post as Head of Cabinet of Climate Commissioner Wopke Hoekstra. The departure of this expert on international climate negotiations gives rise to one of the Brussels bubble’s favorite exercises: ignoring official statements that speak of a „good understanding“ between Hoekstra and Samsom, for example, and speculating about the change in political personnel that this departure brings.