European Parliament lawmakers from some political groups have drafted a deal to try to pass a landmark EU law to protect nature, which the parliament's largest group is attempting to block.
The EU last year proposed measures to tackle the rapid decline in species and the health of Europe's ecosystems, but has facedincluding from the European People's Party group of lawmakers, which opposes the law.
Their proposed amendments, seen by Reuters, would offer national governments more flexibility to decide which infrastructure projects are allowed to override some of the nature targets. Some affected industries publicly supported the law this week, after it came under fire from lawmakers and some governments questioning whether the EU is pushing through too much environmental regulation.
The lawmakers' proposal also includes tweaks to attempt to win over EPP lawmakers, such as by deleting a target - which was not binding - to introduce trees, hedges, ponds and other features that support biodiversity in 10% of EU agriculture area.
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