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Thread: On wednesday we reported rumours gathered from parliamentary sources that refer to threats of political reprisals suffered by the measure's shadow rapporteur, German EPP MEP Christine #Schneider, who had withdrawn from the negotiating table with (...)
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(...) the most intransigent political forces. Well, Schneider not only confirmed everything but also told us what pressure she received from the EU executive and, in particular, from Commissioner Frans #Timmermans. "That's what convinced me to leave the negotiating table. (...)
(...) There were one-to-one meetings with MEPs, to convince them to support the Nature Restoration Act. I was in vice-president #Timmermans' office and also in the office of the Commissioner for the Environment, Virginijus #Sinkevicius, in Strasbourg. (...)
(...) They wanted to know what we needed to promote the law, and there were similar talks with other MEPs not only from my group. I was not alone. There were also staff and other MEPs with me in the office and they wanted to know what to do so that I and my political group (...)
(...) would vote in favour of this proposal. I told them my concerns, which we have been addressing to the EPP at the Commission for nine months and which are very important to me and my group. And after they realised that we would not abandon our position, he immediately (...)
(...) started to say: OK, if you don't vote for the Natura Act, the EPP will not get any more legislative initiatives that are important to you at this time. The atmosphere of that conversation was very unpleasant, it was full of pressure and almost rude".
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