The European Commission absolutely must “postpone the entry into force of the deforestation regulation and then use the transitional period to reduce bureaucracy in the text”, declared MEP Peter Liese (EPP, German) on Thursday 27 June.
“It is unacceptable for areas the size of 11 football pitches to fall victim to deforestation every year. However, the regulation has been turned into a bureaucratic monster by a majority of Greens, Social Democrats, Leftists and French Liberals”,...