The overwhelming majority of the European Parliament is in favour of a legal framework imposing mandatory rules for duty of care to fight deforestation caused by products imported into the EU, be it cocoa, coffee, soy, palm oil or beef.
The debate MEPs held on Wednesday 21 October ahead of the vote due to start in the evening and the final vote scheduled for Thursday on the legislative initiative report by Delara Burkhardt (S&D, Germany) left no doubt about the outcome (see EUROPE...