Spanish minister rides bike to climate summit after private jet travel

Spanish Minister Teresa Ribera, who holds the significant portfolios of Minister of Ecological Transition and Demographic Challenge as well as Deputy PM, faced severe backlash after allegedly engaging in a hypocritical act during the European Union’s Climate Summit on July 11, 2023. A Twitter user Froilan I De Espana wrote, “Teresa Ribera’s thing about making you arrive by bicycle at a climate summit, travelling barely a hundred meters, escorted by two armoured gasoline cars is another of the images that perfectly define this government.” Lo de Teresa Ribera de hacer que llegas en bicicleta a una cumbre del clima, recorriendo apenas un centenar de metros, escoltada por dos coches gasolina blindados es otra de las imágenes que definen perfectamente a este gobierno. pic.twitter.com/qME80Oon4z — Froilán I de España 🇪🇸 July 10, 2023 Andrew Bridgen wrote, “She arrived by private jet with a four-car cavalcade and did the last few metres to the climate summit on a bike. Net zero, It will be enforced environmental measures reducing your freedom, standard of living and ability to travel but not… pic.twitter.com/wXchqI7cQr — Andrew Bridgen July 12, 2023 As the news spreads, the spotlight on Minister Teresa Ribera’s alleged hypocrisy continues to grow.