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Germany violated nature conservation law, rules EU top court

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Germany must now pay fines after failing to establish special conservation areas, or create plans to maintain the protected habitats. The law aims to protect wild animals and plants and restore biodiversity. The European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled on Thursday that Germany had indeed violated an EU nature and conservation law by not sufficiently implementing a regulation to protect natural habitats. The European Commission sued Germany back in 2021, as well as several other EU member states, for failing to abide by the EU directive. Thursday's ECJ decision means Berlin now faces hefty fines. The ruling, however, did not detail exactly how high the fines would be. What was the ECJ's ruling? The argument of the European Commission was that Germany had not set a sufficient number of conservation targets. These targets are meant to protect or restore populations of certain wild animals, insects and plants living in certain areas. The court agreed tha...

HUGE ZOFF BECAUSE OF ASYLUM POLICY Green uprising against Baerbock

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  The mood at the Greens is boiling! Green politicians have been criticizing the European reform of the asylum system (CEAS) for days. But the frustration with Annalena Baerbocks (42, Greens) asylum course is growing. CHARGE: The foreign minister broke agreements by agreeing to stricter EU asylum rules and is opposed to basic green values. Now, on top of that, the former Greens chairman Jürgen Trittin (68, Greens) has brought up a special party conference because of the internal party dispute. Such a party congress could paralyze the Greens for months, Trittin told Stern magazine on Monday. However, it is about the green DNA. Background: The decision of the EU interior ministers last week provides for asylum procedures to be partly shifted to the EU's external borders and to be significantly accelerated. In addition, other countries are to be declared so-called safe countries of origin. The aim is to reduce the number of refugees entering the country. Trittin's demand: "F...