On Thursday 20 March, MEPs on the European Parliament’s environment and agriculture committees were divided over the proposal for a monitoring framework for EU forests.
The rapporteur, Éric Sargiacomo (S&D, French), said that 1,334 amendments had been tabled, some of which were rejected by several groups. “They are a signal that many changes must take place to make this regulation acceptable to a majority”, commented the MEP.
Mr Sargiacomo believes that “we can find a way towards...