EPP accuses European Commission of 'intimidation' over Nature Restoration Law

Fianna Fáil MEP Billy Kelleher said on Monday that changes made in the European Parliament’s Nature Restoration Law text, in particular concerning the re-wetting of drained peatlands, are an improvement.

The row in Europe over the most comprehensive nature restoration proposal for three decades is threatening to spill over, after the biggest political grouping accused the European Commission of "threatening" behaviour and "intimidation".

The European People's Party, of which Fine Gael is a member, held a press conference to explain why it walked away from negotiations on the Nature Restoration Law which aims to restore at least 20% of the EU’s damaged land and sea areas by 2030, and all ecosystems by 2050.