"Obstacles arise in EU's push for green legislation"
The European Commission is facing increased political resistance to new EU laws to protect the environment, including two landmark nature bills - binding targets for countries to restore damaged natural habitats and a goal to halve chemical pesticide use by 2030. The European Parliament's biggest group, the European People's Party, has called for the nature law to be scrapped saying it would hurt farmers. French President Emmanuel Macron this month suggested a pause on new European environment regulation, to give industries time to absorb recently-agreed laws.