The previous blockade of the federal states against the EU renaturation law is starting to crumble. The state governments of Vienna and Carinthia will request that the scheme comes “closer”, it was said on Friday.
Viennese Mayor Michael Ludwig (SPÖ) wrote this on Platform X. His government has always positively assessed the content of the EU renaturation regulation. “Especially because we have been demonstrating how species and habitat protection works in Vienna for a long time in many areas,” says climate councilor Jürgen Czernohorszky (SPÖ) in a press release. A lot has happened at EU level and according to him many concerns have been addressed compared to the original proposal.
Vote postponed
The planned law stipulates that more forests will be reforested, heathlands will be re-watered and rivers will be restored to their natural state (see video above). After long negotiations, it was adopted in a weaker form in the EU Parliament, which took into account much criticism. However, it was briefly removed from the agenda of the EU Council of Environment Ministers at the end of March when there was no majority.
Gewessler: “Projects are always supported”
So far, the regulation has been rejected by all states. Vienna and Carinthia have now given up their blockades. “I have always supported this project, but Austria could not agree to it due to the unanimous rejection of the countries. That is why I think the initiative of the two states is very sensible (…),” said Environment Minister Leonore Gewessler (Greens) in an initial response. The next EU Environment Council is scheduled for June 17 in Luxembourg.
Source: Krone
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