Nature restoration: EPP complains about pressure from Commission

Political tensions are mounting ahead of the June 15 vote in the ENVI Committee on the Nature Restoration law proposal. The EPP complains of being put under pressure during the negotiations by the European Commission and, in particular, by Vice-President Frans Timmermans as well as Environment Commissioner Virginijus Sinkevičius.

„Vice-President Timmermans crossed a red line during the negotiations,“ said Christine Schneider (EPP), shadow rapporteur for the Nature Restoration law, in Brussels yesterday (Wednesday). The MEP reported that Timmermans and Sinkevičius had MEPs come to the Commission offices and pressured them to adopt the text.