Politicising the nature restoration law
This week on EURACTIV’s Beyond the Byline podcast looks into the hotly contested nature restoration law, recently passed by a narrow margin within the EU.
Aligned with President Ursula von der Leyen’s ambitious European Green Deal, this legislation aims to protect nature by implementing recovery measures on 20% of the EU’s land and sea by 2030, with a long-term vision of covering all degraded ecosystems by 2050. However, the road to adoption was far from smooth, as lawmakers in Strasbourg had to navigate heated debates and opposition campaigns, resulting in a revised proposal. How is the nature restoration law being politicised in the European parliament and what lies ahead?
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