Delay and denial have clouded debate on green issues, with potentially devastating impacts for Europe's energy transition.

DeSmog analysed misleading statements by farming groups, media influencers, and political candidates in France, Germany, Poland, Italy, Spain, the Netherlands, and Ireland.

Some cast doubt on the climate science, while others painted EU regulators as part of an authoritarian “sect” wishing to control citizens through green measures.

Big and small farming groups have decided against attending the demo on the eve of the EU elections.