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.
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.
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.”
