EIA has joined with more than 225 civil society organisations from at least 42 countries to call on the European Parliament and national EU governments to reject the European Commission’s bid to stall a major forests protection law.
The Commission is proposing a delay of 12 months to legally applying the EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR).
EU member states’ ambassadors are expected to give the green light to the Commission’s proposal in a meeting scheduled for today (16 October). The European Parliament will vote on the proposal in one of its upcoming plenary sessions, but has not yet set a date.
