In May, German Minister for Food and Agriculture Cem Özdemir appealed to the EU Commission to amend the European Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) before it comes into force at the end of December. Little has happened since then. In a letter on behalf of the German government to the Executive Vice-President of the European Commission and Commissioner for the Environment, Maroš Šefčovič, Özdemir has now emphasized his call for the EUDR implementation to be postponed.