The declaration coincides with U.S. fossil fuel companies’ use of Trump’s trade tensions and international discord to undermine EU climate laws.

Tory energy chief endorses debunked studies written by fossil fuel industry interests.

Nigel Farage and his colleagues have close ties to the autocratic petrostate.

The European Parliament has “a legal and moral obligation to reject these dangerous proposals”, according to Dutch Left MEP Anja Hazekamp.