‘We do not have time’: Interview with MEP Delara Burkhardt on the EUDR’s second delay

‘We do not have time’: Interview with MEP Delara Burkhardt on the EUDR’s second delay

In 2023, when the European Parliament passed a law meant to keep products linked to deforestation out of the EU single market, environmentalists were riding high. The landmark piece of legislation, called the European Union Deforestation-free Regulation, or EUDR, had won the support of an overwhelming majority of lawmakers as part of the EU’s Green Deal. Opposition from commodity-producing countries like Brazil and Malaysia hadn’t derailed the l…