{"id":35726,"date":"2026-02-12T14:08:59","date_gmt":"2026-02-12T12:08:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bspb.org\/%d0%b3%d1%80%d0%b0%d0%b6%d0%b4%d0%b0%d0%bd%d1%81%d0%ba%d0%b0-%d0%bf%d0%b5%d1%82%d0%b8%d1%86%d0%b8%d1%8f-%d0%b4%d0%be-%d0%bb%d0%b8%d0%b4%d0%b5%d1%80%d0%b8%d1%82%d0%b5-%d0%bd%d0%b0-%d0%b5%d1%81\/"},"modified":"2026-02-12T14:09:51","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T12:09:51","slug":"%d0%b3%d1%80%d0%b0%d0%b6%d0%b4%d0%b0%d0%bd%d1%81%d0%ba%d0%b0-%d0%bf%d0%b5%d1%82%d0%b8%d1%86%d0%b8%d1%8f-%d0%b4%d0%be-%d0%bb%d0%b8%d0%b4%d0%b5%d1%80%d0%b8%d1%82%d0%b5-%d0%bd%d0%b0-%d0%b5%d1%81","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bspb.org\/en\/%d0%b3%d1%80%d0%b0%d0%b6%d0%b4%d0%b0%d0%bd%d1%81%d0%ba%d0%b0-%d0%bf%d0%b5%d1%82%d0%b8%d1%86%d0%b8%d1%8f-%d0%b4%d0%be-%d0%bb%d0%b8%d0%b4%d0%b5%d1%80%d0%b8%d1%82%d0%b5-%d0%bd%d0%b0-%d0%b5%d1%81\/","title":{"rendered":"Hundreds of thousands of European citizens launch a joint petition to EU leaders against the weakening of environmental legislation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"534\" data-end=\"954\">EU leaders are meeting at the informal European Council on Competitiveness on 12 February. The focus is on strengthening the EU\u2019s competitiveness and the single market as key drivers of investment, innovation and economic growth. Also on the agenda is the so-called \u201csimplification\u201d of legislation, which in practice risks undermining decades of progress in protecting nature, public health and the future of our planet.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"956\" data-end=\"1417\">Under the pretext of reducing the administrative burden on businesses, key environmental standards are being weakened. Behind promises of more efficient and faster decision-making lies a real risk \u2014 the removal of essential safeguards against deforestation, water pollution and habitat destruction. Industries that benefit from environmental degradation could gain further influence, while laws designed to protect people and future generations are scaled back.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1419\" data-end=\"1589\">Everyone can raise their voice in defence of nature. In 2025 alone, nearly 200,000 signatures have already been collected, and the petition was reactivated just days ago.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1591\" data-end=\"1822\">We call on citizens to join us in signing the petition addressed to European leaders, urging the EU not to disregard the will of its citizens by putting public health, biodiversity and the natural heritage we all depend on at risk.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>EU leaders are meeting at the informal European Council on Competitiveness on 12 February. The focus is on strengthening the EU\u2019s competitiveness and the single market as key drivers of investment, innovation and economic growth. Also on the agenda is the so-called \u201csimplification\u201d of legislation, which in practice risks undermining decades of progress in protecting [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":35724,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[165],"tags":[],"dipi_cpt_category":[],"class_list":["post-35726","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bspb.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35726","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bspb.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bspb.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bspb.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bspb.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35726"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bspb.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35726\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bspb.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35724"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bspb.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35726"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bspb.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35726"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bspb.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35726"},{"taxonomy":"dipi_cpt_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bspb.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/dipi_cpt_category?post=35726"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}