Council – European Neighbourhood Monitor

EU governments back one-year pause and potential reopening of deforestation law

EU governments have endorsed a proposal to postpone the implementation of the bloc’s deforestation rules for an additional year and to introduce a mechanism that could allow the legislation to be revised as early as next spring, according to diplomats briefed on the talks. The decision, taken during negotiations on Wednesday, opens the door to […]

Von der Leyen suggests EUDR has strained relations with trading partners

Indo-Pacific / ENM

After securing European Parliamentary support for a second term, EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has suggested that EU deforestation rules (EUDR) have complicated the EU’s relationship with trading partners. The EU rules, which impose new bureaucratic requirements on products seen to be linked to deforestation, have led to protest from both the United

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