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Misselling the Green Deal: Taxpayer Money Spent on Environmental Lobbying
At least €700,000 of EU funds was used to influence the farming debate in a more green-friendly direction.
At least €700,000 of EU funds was used to influence the farming debate in a more green-friendly direction.
The Commission argued it refused a freedom of information request to avoid “misunderstandings,” but the watchdog did not buy this excuse.
Leonore Gewessler’s unexpected vote in favour of the EU’s Nature Restoration Law has ignited a political storm, threatening to destabilise Vienna’s ruling coalition.
Germany and Ireland lead efforts to rally member states behind contentious legislation.
Ignoring the concerns of farmers, EU member states will now have to make swathes of their territory unfarmable by 2030.
The act has been met with outrage by farmers all over Europe.
The EU’s increasingly stringent environmental laws, already responsible for putting many farmers out of business, is something all should worry about if we value easy access to affordable food.
The reigning consensus on global warming makes ‘green’ policies the easiest way to muzzle capitalism and fatten the state.
While conservative MEPs criticized her for abandoning pragmatism for utopist ideology, the Commission chief argued in favor of enlargement to 30+ member states, “History is calling us to [complete] our Union.”
BBB continues to distinguish itself as a party for the people, standing up to the crushing mandates of the EU’s Nature Restoration Law.