FILE PHOTO: Austrian Minister of Climate Action and Energy Leonore Gewessler speaks during a press conference in Vienna, Austria, October 17, 2023. REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger/File Photo
VIENNA (Reuters) - Austria's environment minister, Leonore Gewessler of the Greens, defied her conservative coalition partners on Sunday by pledging to cast Austria's vote in favour of adopting a European nature restoration law, potentially tipping the balance in Brussels.
European Union countries' environment ministers will discuss the bloc's flagship policy to restore damaged nature at a meeting in Luxembourg on Monday and potentially hold a final vote on whether to enact it.
