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We are confident that we can gather the necessary 340,000 votes to block this harmful law, but we need the support of the international community to safeguard our environment against the plans of Janez Janša's right-wing government (Photo: Council of the European Union)

How Slovenia is undermining EU's environmental ambitions

On July 1, my home country Slovenia took over the EU presidency for the next six months. The government of populist prime minister Janez Janša is officially proclaiming that it will work to accelerate the green transition in Europe and is scheduled host EU environmental ministers in Slovenia later this month.

However, Janša's government has introduced legislation that would allow for commercial development in coastal areas, thereby endangering surface and groundwater quality. These pla...

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Nika Kovač is the director of the Institute of the 8th March, a leading women's rights organisation in Slovenia.

We are confident that we can gather the necessary 340,000 votes to block this harmful law, but we need the support of the international community to safeguard our environment against the plans of Janez Janša's right-wing government (Photo: Council of the European Union)

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Nika Kovač is the director of the Institute of the 8th March, a leading women's rights organisation in Slovenia.

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