The European Union's Environment Council has voted to approve the Nature Restoration Law (NRL) with the smallest possible majority, and one that was defined by the individual voices of ministers rather than the positions of national governments!

This course, stemming from a flawed proposal, will trigger legal battles at the regional, national, and European levels, with an unclear future on how or when this law will be implemented.

From the beginning, this dossier was met with total rejection from the European Parliament's Committees on Fisheries, Agriculture, and Environment, consecutively; as well as a general approach position in which the Presidency country that drafted it voted for rejection.

Setting aside political rhetoric, the question of clear and consistent funding for ecosystem restoration in the EU remains unanswered, partly explaining the great embarrassment and unpleasant haste surrounding this law.

In this sense, we missed the only chance this morning to make this text implementable and acceptable on the ground. A second reading could have made this law more realistic!

This comes just a few weeks after the European elections, in which agriculture played a significant role in the discussion, and it will be the first sign for farmers and forest owners about the intentions of their national governments and the future Commission, according to a statement sent to the infoFERMA editorial office by Copa-Cogeca. (Photo: Freepik)