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Belgian region to block EU Green Deal
By EUobserver
The EU's Green Deal, a flagship project on CO2-neutrality, could be blocked by Flanders, a Belgian region, on grounds it did not address the pandemic-related economic crisis. "Flanders cannot give its agreement to the signature," Zuhal Demir, the Flemish climate minister from the nationalist N-VA party, said on Wednesday. Belgium is a federation of three entities, including also Wallonia and Brussels. The Green Deal needs EU unanimity to go ahead.