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Tens of thousands of Dutch stand behind EU nature laws
Tens of thousands of Dutch people have joined a campaign in which the European Commission is urged not to tamper with natural laws.
That made conservation organizations on Monday. In total, more than half a million Europeans in on the action.
Nature organizations across Europe have called on their supporters to make their voices heard at a consultation by the European Commission (EC), the EU executive.
The EC is engaged in the investigation of the effectiveness of the natural laws, and gave the Europeans was possible to fill in a questionnaire.
According to a spokeswoman for the WWF list was '' quite complicated ''. Therefore, people were given the opportunity through a website of the nature organizations to forward a previously completed questionnaire. There were at last count on July 21, more than 33,000 Dutch used.
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The organizations, such as WWF, natural monuments and the RSPB, fear that natural laws killed in attempts by the Commission to ease the regulatory burden in the EU. '' The nature legislation in Europe is working, '' stressed the spokeswoman. '' This should be regulated by the EU. ''
The protesters are optimistic now hundreds of thousands of sympathizers have expressed during the public consultation, which ended at midnight. '' We are extremely happy with it, '' said WWF spokeswoman. '' The Commission can not at this large number of responses it. ''
By: ANP / Nu.nl/ (Photo: NU.nl/Ria Gerard)