What is the Nature Restoration Act and why is the plan so controversial? “I don’t understand where all the opposition suddenly comes from,” says the expert

Prime Minister Alexander De Croo (Open Vld) joins the list of opponents of the new European nature restoration law. Flemish Environment Minister Zuhal Demir (N-VA) and French President Emmanuel Macron also want to “press the pause button”. What does the law mean for our country? What impact will the plan have on farmers? Isn’t the power of the EU getting too great? “Healthy nature can prevent floods such as in Wallonia. De Croo is mistaken,” says An Cliquet professor of international and European environmental law (UGent).

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