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EU Commission president Ursula von der Leyen's proposal for nature restoration has been met with resistance from her own centre-right European People's Party in the European Parliament (Photo: European Union)

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The 'regulatory fatigue' fightback against EU Green Deal

A last-minute political pushback against key EU environmental policies, and delays to the bloc's sustainable agenda, are testing the EU's ability to finalise the last batch of green legislation in time for the European Parliament elections in 2024.

The climate and biodiversity crisis, and the EU's historical responsibility for climate change, have triggered a difficult paradigm for regulators in the bloc — which comes with no easy solutions.

The centre-right European People's Pa...

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Elena is EUobserver's Managing Editor. She is from Spain and has studied journalism and new media in Spanish and Belgian universities. Previously she worked on European affairs at VoteWatch Europe and the Spanish news agency EFE.

EU Commission president Ursula von der Leyen's proposal for nature restoration has been met with resistance from her own centre-right European People's Party in the European Parliament (Photo: European Union)

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Elena is EUobserver's Managing Editor. She is from Spain and has studied journalism and new media in Spanish and Belgian universities. Previously she worked on European affairs at VoteWatch Europe and the Spanish news agency EFE.

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