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EU lawmakers back major plan to fight climate change, protect nature

A German farmer supporting the EU's Green Deal demonstrates with a Bavarian flag outside the European Parliament, Tuesday, July 11, 2023 in Strasbourg, eastern France. © Jean-François Badias, AP

The European Union's parliament on Wednesday backed a major plan to protect nature and fight climate change in a cliffhanger vote that had the 27-nation bloc's global green credentials at stake.

After weeks of intense lobbying against the plan, the legislature still supported the general outlines of a European Commission bill in a razor-thin 324-312 vote with 12 abstentions.

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