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Lisa O'Carroll in Strasbourg

EU green deal at ‘very high’ risk of being killed off, says Greens co-leader

An aerial view of hundreds of Polish farmers standing with flags outside a large building, surrounding a large bonfire billowing dark smoke into the air
Polish farmers taking part in a protest against the EU green deal and the import of Ukrainian grain in Wrocław in February. Photograph: Anadolu/Getty Images

The EU’s green deal to restore biodiversity, clean the continent’s soil, air and water, and mitigate climate breakdown is at high risk of being killed off, the co-president of the Green group of MEPs has warned.

The Belgian MEP Philippe Lamberts said the green deal, which has informed everything from tax policy to environment law making, would be a thing of the past if the far right made significant gains in the June EU parliamentary elections.

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