With the terrible impact of the coronavirus being felt across Europe, some in Brussels haven’t wasted any time in looking for opportunities for big business. 

Anton Lazarus shares five examples of corporate lobbyists begging for delays to crucial environmental rules. 

Many European leaders have come out in support of using the EU’s Green Deal to help reset Europe’s economy following corona-shutdowns. Earlier this week 180 decision makers, CEOs and NGOs – including the EEB – formed an alliance to back a green recovery, built around the Green Deal.

But while many of us are reflecting on what really matters in life, and clinging to hope for a better future, some lobby groups are busy pleading for special treatment and an enormous roll back of EU environmental protections.   

Here are five times opportunistic lobbyists have been caught using the current crisis to try to undermine important climate and environmental protections. 

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