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EU Green Deal Chief Frans Timmermans debated the future of green legislation with MEPs on Wednesday (Photo: Council of the European Union)

Timmermans thanks climate activists for nature vote victory

Following a contentious vote earlier in the day that saw the nature restoration law pass in the European Parliament, MEPs in Strasbourg debated the future of the Green Deal on Wednesday (12 July).

Earlier, the effort by the conservative European People's Party (EPP) party leader Manfred Weber to block the law in parliament had narrowly failed.

Still, as Weber pointed out later, the legislation was severely watered down in...

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