Right-wing alliances, last-minute vetoes and anti-green populism: The European Union just got a glimpse of its future.
On paper, Tuesday was a good day for liberal and left-wing European Parliament members, who managed to pass a landmark nature preservation bill despite multiple attempts to shoot it down.
But the law’s narrow survival underscored broader trends likely to hamper green lawmaking following this summer’s blocwide election.
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After Europe’s conservatives last year succeeded in watering down the legislation, known as the Nature Restoration Law, Tuesday’s vote became a low-risk testing ground for new alliances and tactics.
