EU lawmakers draft deal in attempt to rescue nature law

BRUSSELS – 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 faced political pushback including from the European People’s Party (EPP) group of lawmakers, which opposes the law.

In a bid to salvage the proposal ahead of a Parliament committee vote on June 15, other lawmaker groups – including the Socialists & Democrats and the Greens – have devised a compromise.