EU’s Timmermans holds ‘unprecedented’ private talks with MEPs to win support

The cabinets of Commission Vice President Frans Timmermans and Environment Commissioner Virginijus Sinkevičius have been holding one-on-one meetings with EU lawmakers to get them on board with the EU executive’s pesticide-cutting and nature restoration proposals, MEPs told EURACTIV.

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The meetings, which were held between the cabinets and an estimated 10-20 EU lawmakers, were designed to persuade them to vote in favour of the Commission proposals. [STEPHANIE LECOCQ | EPA PRESS]

Natasha Foote Euractiv.com 24-05-2023 14:34 4 min. read Content type: News Euractiv is part of the Trust Project

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