Landmark EU nature law hangs on a knife edge ahead of vote

European Commission's proposal to restore at least 20% of the EU’s damaged land and sea areas by 2030, and all ecosystems by 2050, has met stiff opposition from centre-right politicians across Europe.

The most comprehensive overhaul of nature restoration in three decades hangs on a knife-edge ahead of a crucial vote in Strasbourg on Friday.

Frenetic negotiations to save the European Commission's Nature Restoration Law have gone to the wire ahead of the European Parliament environment committee vote, with the 88 MEPs split right down the middle, according to political insiders.