Despite recent efforts by anti-oil and gas activists and Green party members, the European Parliament voted not to strip ExxonMobil of its access badges to Parliament on Tuesday. According to reports, the parliament's secretary general Klaus Welle “found no grounds to seek authorization to withdraw or deactivate ExxonMobil's access badges, given the absence of formal summons to attend the hearing.”
This move signifies a rejection of Greens' claims that revoking the badges would be justified after the company didn't participate in an EU hearing on climate change last month – a hearing to which it was never formally invited due to pending lawsuits on the issue in the United States. Importantly, this vote also represents a rejection of the outside activists, such as Geoffrey Supran, who attempted to manipulate Parliament into taking action against the company.
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