Frans Timmermans is stepping down at a crucial time for European climate laws to become the lead candidate for a left-wing coalition in the Dutch elections in November. By Claire Moses Reporting ...

Former European Union climate chief Frans Timmermans, a prime minister candidate in Dutch elections later this month, backtracked on his commitment to the 2030 deadline of halving nitrogen ...

Frans Timmermans, the man tasked with spearheading the EU's ambitious climate policies, has resigned from the Commission to return to Dutch politics in the hope of becoming the country's next ...

European Union climate chief Frans Timmermans will step aside from his role as he leads the Dutch left alliance ahead of elections in November.. Timmermans, 62, will leave his position as the EU ...

EU climate chief Frans Timmermans on Thursday said he wants to become the next Dutch prime minister and will contest a parliamentary election in the Netherlands in November.

First Vice-President Frans Timmermans gives a press conference at the EU Headquarters in Brussels on April 6, 2016.

European Commission Executive Vice President Frans Timmermans speaks during a meeting with China's Vice Premier Ding Xuexiang at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing, China on July 4, 2023.

The EU’s top official will nominate the Dutch foreign minister as the next commissioner in charge of climate action to fill the void left by the departure of Green Deal czar Frans Timmermans ...

Frans Timmermans has launched his campaign for a new centre-left party that would build a “new welfare state” against global uncertainty, but also “dare to be a party of the middle classes”.

EU climate chief Frans Timmermans said Friday that a proposal made by the bloc on funding for loss and damage and mitigation is “a final offer” that seeks to “find a compromise” between ...

GroenLinks-PvdA leader Frans Timmermans has said the Netherlands needs to take steps to limit population growth in the long term by admitting fewer labour migrants. Timmermans’ comments were seen as a ...

Frans Timmermans, a Dutch politician, was the European Commission’s Executive Vice President for the European Green Deal from 2019 to 2023, which he helped design and pass. In this role he also ...