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EU officials report that attempts by the Danish government, which currently holds the EU’s six month rotating presidency, to broker a compromise have failed to gain support (Photo: Etienne Girardet)

Ministers split over future of EU deforestation law as one-month countdown begins

The EU’s embattled deforestation regulation is on the brink of complete collapse, with EU governments split over whether to suspend its implementation, order an immediate review or agree to apply it from December. 

The EU Commission proposed a six-month grace period to the EUDR in mid...

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Benjamin Fox is a seasoned reporter and editor, previously working for fellow Brussels publication Euractiv. His reporting has also been published in the Guardian, the East African, Euractiv, Private Eye and Africa Confidential, among others. He heads up the AU-EU section at EUobserver, based in Nairobi, Kenya.

EU officials report that attempts by the Danish government, which currently holds the EU’s six month rotating presidency, to broker a compromise have failed to gain support (Photo: Etienne Girardet)

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Author Bio

Benjamin Fox is a seasoned reporter and editor, previously working for fellow Brussels publication Euractiv. His reporting has also been published in the Guardian, the East African, Euractiv, Private Eye and Africa Confidential, among others. He heads up the AU-EU section at EUobserver, based in Nairobi, Kenya.

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