The European Commission is threatening to withdraw new rules designed to protect the health of European forests — the second time in less than a week the EU executive has made such a threat.
Last Friday the Commission threatened to withdraw another proposed green law, the Green Claims Directive, although for very different reasons.
With green claims, the Commission said member countries were pushing for the laws to go too far. But this time, in a draft statement seen by POLITICO, the Commission said that member countries’ position isn’t ambitious enough.
“The Commission hopes that its main concerns can be addressed in the course of the legislative procedure,” warns the statement. “If the current draft Council position were to be confirmed by the co-legislators, the Commission might consider withdrawing the proposal.”
