US EditionEU Lawmakers Cut Down Proposed Forest Health Data Collection Law
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On Tuesday, the European Parliament's right and far right buried a Commission proposal on forest monitoring, which was intended to better protect these ecosystems from pests, droughts and fires, aggravated by global warming. ...
"Brussels' Attempt to Seize Control of Polish Forests Fails – MEP Piotr Muller Declares Victory!"
“Today in the European Parliament, we rejected the European Commission’s proposal to force member states to provide vast amounts of data on forests. It sounded like organizing information, but in reality, it was the first step towards Brussels taking control over forests,” said Piotr Muller, a PiS MEP, on the X platform. In a video […] The post “Brussels’ Attempt to Seize Control of Polish Forests Fails – MEP Piotr Muller Declares Victory!” appe…
With this decision, Parliament calls on the Commission to drop the proposal. Although the EU Commission has not yet taken a final position, a withdrawal is considered likely.
The planned EU-wide mandatory monitoring with uniform standards has failed in the EU Parliament. The forest farmers are pleased.
The European Parliament today rejected a proposal for legislation to improve monitoring of the state of forests in the EU, at the initiative of the centre-right European People's Party (EPP). The EPP welcomed the rejection, while the Greens were disappointed with the outcome of the vote. The Brussels proposal thus ended its legislative journey.
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