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The “Green Claims Directive” would require companies to provide hard facts to back up claims that their products are carbon-neutral, biodegradable or “less polluting.” Businesses would need to submit evidence for environmental claims for approval by independent verifiers—with fines and other penalties for failure to comply.

But the center-right European People’s Party—parliament’s biggest force, which is now pushing to roll back parts of the EU’s green agenda—was not satisfied with the [directive], and asked this week for the commission to withdraw it. EU chief Ursula von der Leyen, who hails from the EPP, has pledged to make life easier for businesses in a bid to re-launch the European economy.

But fellow lawmaker Sandro Gozi, of the centrist Renew group, called the decision “shameful.” “It is unacceptable that the EPP, in tandem with the far-right, is trying to undermine a fundamental piece of legislation to protect European citizens from corporate environmental fraud,” he said.