Deforestation and the failure of EU self-regulation

As we enter what would normally be a quiet summer for Europe's politicians, there is one issue that won't fade from public conversation: climate breakdown.

Over the last year we've seen growing alarm around the destruction of our global climate: rainforests the size of Belgium deforested in a single year.

A surge in deforestation in Brazil which saw 739 square kilometres of forests destroyed in just one month.

Hundreds of...