Far-right and nationalist parties are expected to make big gains in the June European Parliament elections, at the expense of Greens, liberals and left-wing parties. That much we already knew. But what could this mean for EU climate policies?

The EU got a foreshadowing last week when lawmakers in parliament debated the European Commission's recommended climate target for 2040 – a 90% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions compared to 1990 levels. Read Fred Simon's breakdown of what each side had to say.

Conservative rebellion . Hardline conservative and far-right groups spoke at the parliament's plenary session in Strasbourg, warning of the social consequences and risk of deindustrialisation linked to higher EU climate targets. (Frédéric Simon, more at euractiv.com)