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EU diplomats are at loggerheads with MEPs over plans to strip many of the due diligence requirements in the deforestation law (Photo: CIFOR)

EU set for showdown on deforestation law after governments block MEP reforms

MEPs and EU governments are heading for a major dispute over the fate of the bloc’s maligned deforestation law, after diplomats signalled their opposition to radical changes demanded by MEPs. 

At a meeting of EU ambassadors on Wednesday (20 November) a group of member states, led by Germany, France, and ...

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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 diplomats are at loggerheads with MEPs over plans to strip many of the due diligence requirements in the deforestation law (Photo: CIFOR)

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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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