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Will the anti-greenwashing proposal survive the tug-of-war between European institutions?

The European Commission plans to remove a key proposal from the Green Deal, sparking controversy over greenwashing regulations and consumer protection.

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00:00Will the anti-greenwashing proposal survive the tug-of-war between European institutions?
00:07The Commission announced last week its plans to withdraw this key Green Deal text.
00:12The directive aims to combat greenwashing by controlling terms like eco-friendly and natural.
00:19The proposal on green claims is to ensure a better protection to consumers
00:23and to ensure competitiveness of the European firms
00:27because we want to substantiate a claim which says this product is very green,
00:32this product is very sustainable, it's good,
00:35but if you say it, if you go on the market saying that,
00:38you have to follow a procedure that allows us to make sure that what you claim is really true.
00:44The controversy follows several Commission new turns on environmental policies.
00:49One German MEP confirms that the EPP wants the proposal withdrawn.
00:54The EPP thinks it's good when the Commission will withdraw this piece of legislation
01:01because it's stemming from the old time where the Commission thought
01:07we cannot have enough environmental legislation
01:11and we have seen that business, in particular SMEs, are overloaded with all the complexities.
01:19Meanwhile, Social Democrats, Green and Liberal MEPs condemn what they see
01:25as the EPP conservatives aligning with the far right
01:28and threaten to break ranks with the EPP.
01:31If it confirms that the European Commission is actually withdrawing this proposal
01:37on the sole reason that it gives in to a majority built by the conservatives
01:42with the extreme right groups, this is the moment where von der Leyen
01:46is losing the support of her own majority of liberals, Social Democrats, Greens
01:52and her own EPP group.
01:54The Commission may renegotiate if micro-enterprises are excluded.
01:59I hope that there is room for agreement between the three institutions
02:07and the message coming from the Commission was that if it was such a relevant change
02:15in the discussion, the Commission may take into consideration a withdrawal of the directive.
02:25It remains to be seen whether the Council would give in to the Commission's pressure.

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