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EU halts talks on law tackling companies' fake 'green' claims

  • On Friday, June 20, 2025, the European Commission announced it planned to withdraw the Green Claims Directive aimed at tackling corporate greenwashing.
  • The withdrawal followed disputes over including 30 million microenterprises in the directive, which the Commission said conflicted with the legislative simplification agenda.
  • The directive, first proposed in 2023, would have required companies to submit evidence verifying environmental claims, but ongoing negotiations since January led to a final meeting being cancelled after the withdrawal announcement.
  • Liberal MEP Sandro Gozi called the Commission's rationale 'false excuses' since Parliament agreed on microenterprise exceptions and urged resuming discussions for practical solutions.
  • The directive's halt leaves uncertainty about combating greenwashing as European legislative bodies must reset the agenda while companies adapt to evolving environmental claim expectations.
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The head of the EU Commission stops the negotiations on an anti-greenwashing law shortly before the end. This puts her own base of power against herself. And loses political confidence.

·Germany
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She surprised when she announced that she wanted to withdraw the text, just before the Member States and the European Parliament entered the final stage of negotiations for its adoption. Socialists and Liberals blame the Commission for following the agenda of the Conservatives of the PPE and also of the far right. ...

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The government has ordered the ambassador to the EU Council to withdraw support for the European standard on greenwashing, which is now missing the numbers. The Commission also puts aside the proposal. Gozi (Renew): "Bump of the Meloni-Von der Leyen" axis.The announcement arrived two days ago: on the d...

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The Mighty 790 KFGO broke the news in on Monday, June 23, 2025.
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