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Brussels – The European Environment Ministers will take stock of the nature restoration law on Monday during a meeting in Luxembourg. According to the Belgian Presidency of the Council, the majority needed to get the law approved is still not available.
A lot has already been said and written about the nature restoration law. The regulation is intended to stop the loss of biodiversity in Europe and was already approved by the European Parliament earlier this year. However, the political compromise that the parliamentarians reached with the member states regarding the law has not yet been approved by the latter.
On Monday, the European Environment Ministers will once again exchange views on the law. Sources close to the Belgian Presidency of the Council indicate that the positions of the member states have remained unchanged, so there is still no qualified majority to get the law approved.
It is not excluded that a vote will still take place on Monday. The focus is primarily on Austria’s stance. If that country moves from abstention to a yes vote, while the other countries maintain their positions, the nature restoration law will be approved. Minister Leonore Gewessler is personally in favor but may trigger a government crisis in her own country with approval.