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Co-chair of the European Conservatives and Reformists group, Italian MEP Nicola Procaccini (Photo: EU Parliament)

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Rightwing MEPs get support for anti-green EU inquiry

The European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR) group has secured enough signatures to launch a formal inquiry committee into what they call 'green lobbying' and the use of EU funds by climate and environmental groups, sources told EUobserver on Wednesday (2 April).

The probe will focus on organisations funded by the EU’s 'Life' programme, the bloc’s main tool...

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Wester is a journalist from the Netherlands with a focus on the green economy. He joined EUobserver in September 2021. Previously he was editor-in-chief of Vice, Motherboard, a science-based website, and climate economy journalist for The Correspondent.

Co-chair of the European Conservatives and Reformists group, Italian MEP Nicola Procaccini (Photo: EU Parliament)

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Wester is a journalist from the Netherlands with a focus on the green economy. He joined EUobserver in September 2021. Previously he was editor-in-chief of Vice, Motherboard, a science-based website, and climate economy journalist for The Correspondent.

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