‘Drastically unfair’ – landowners hit out after EU passes Nature Restoration Law
Environmental campaigners react with joy and relief
Denis Drennan, of farming group the ICMSA, said the new law was ‘drastically unfair’ and an intrusion on private property. Photo: Dylan Vaughan
The passing of one of the most significant pieces of environmental legislation in EU history has been simultaneously greeted as a win for nature and citizens and a “disgusting act of political cynicism”.
The Nature Restoration Law was finally signed into law after 20 countries agreed to back it yesterday.
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