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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Lisa O'Carroll in Strasbourg and Patrick Greenfield

EU’s biodiversity law under threat from centre-right MEPs

A bee on a flower
Supporters of the law say that improved biodiversity will improve food production, including by boosting the number of pollinators such as bees. Photograph: Vuk Valcic/ZUMA Press Wire/Shutterstock

EU plans to restore biodiversity on land and sea are hanging in the balance after the European parliament’s biggest political group called for the proposals to be torn up and rewritten.

On the eve of a vote on the nature restoration law (NRL) package, the chairman of the centre-right European People’s party (EPP) said the vote was “50-50” with potential for others to join their opposition ranks on Thursday.

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