The leadership of the European People’s Party is calling for key elements of EU sustainability legislation to be postponed. „The implementation of the CSRD and CSDDD and related legislation, including the Taxonomy Regulation and the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM), should be suspended for at least two years,“ reads the position paper, which was adopted at the EPP conference in Berlin. At the invitation of CDU leader Friedrich Merz, the Christian Democratic party leaders from around 20 member states took part, as did EPP leader Manfred Weber (CSU) and Commission President Ursula von der Leyen (CDU).