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European Parliament Backs One-Year Delay to EU Anti-Deforestation Law

The vote aligns the chamber with most governments, setting up negotiations on a 2026 simplification review.

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Nach dem Lieferkettengesetz wird voraussichtlich auch das EU-Gesetz gegen Abholzung verschoben und abgeschwächt - die dafür nötige Mehrheit im EU-Parlament kam in beiden Fällen mit rechter und extremrechter Beteiligung zustande.
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Overview

  • MEPs voted 402–250 in Strasbourg to postpone enforcement and to pursue a streamlined version of the rules.
  • The center-right EPP carried the measure with support from right and far-right groups after talks with centrists collapsed.
  • New deadlines shift compliance to 30 December 2026 for large operators and traders, and to 30 June 2027 for micro and small firms.
  • Member states had already endorsed a one-year postponement, leaving Parliament largely in step with the Council’s position.
  • The regulation bars sales of coffee, cocoa, palm oil, soy, rubber and beef linked to post-2020 deforestation, drawing praise from business groups for easing burdens and warnings from Greens and NGOs about greater forest loss.