The centre-right Austrian People’s Party (ÖVP) has accused its Environment Minister, Leonore Gewessler, of knowingly voting illegally in favour of the controversial EU nature restoration law, going against the Chancellery’s own legal service.
The EU adopted the nature restoration law, on Monday (17 June), with a narrow majority. Austrian Environment Minister Leonore Gewessler’s (Greens) vote helped swing the outcome by going against the country’s constitution, the centre-right ÖVP (EPP), at the helm of the government, alleges.
In an eight-page legal document to be sent to the…
