Sandro Gozi, “Blair is right; the Green Deal is not enough. We need a pragmatic left that looks to the future.”

Sandro Gozi, “Blair is right; the Green Deal is not enough. We need a pragmatic left that looks to the future.”

The MEP, who is close to Emmanuel Macron, partly agrees with the former Labour prime minister’s criticism of Western green policies. However, he rejects the call to return to the past, stating: “We do not want to revive Blair’s Third Way, but certain elements of the left are irreconcilable with reformism.”

Sandro Gozi, former Italian minister turned French MEP, fights ‘fake news

Sandro Gozi, former Italian minister turned French MEP, fights ‘fake news

Sandro Gozi was Secretary of State for European Affairs in the Italian governments of Matteo Renzi and Paolo Gentiloni between 2014 and 2018. Elected to the European Parliament on the French Renaissance list, he is a member of the Renew Europe group in the European Parliament.