EU: Provisional agreement on Omnibus I proposal confirms most of provisions negotiated between the right and far-right in European Parliament, says Friends of the Earth Europe
"EU due diligence – EU legislators consume their union with the far-right, after it has been officiated by big business", 9 December 2025
Over night, EU legislators engaged in their final round of political negotiations on the EU’s corporate due diligence law. Delivering an abysmal deal for the environment and human rights and a warm bath for climate-wrecking businesses
It confirms most of the provisions negotiated between the right and the far-right in Parliament in October, and signals a new corporate-friendly era for EU politics in the (far) right direction.
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This process has been heavily tainted by corporate capture, and lack of transparency. Earlier this month, the EU Ombudsman condemned the Commission’s Omnibus 1 lawmaking method as maladministration, due to a grave lack of public consultation, privileged access for big polluters, a rushed process, and bypassing civil society contributions and an impact assessment.
A study from SOMO revealed the aggressive lobbying tactics from US oil corporations behind the scenes, while the Trump administration has openly and repeatedly sought to undermine this law. The success of this intense US pressure is raising serious concerns for the sovereignty of EU lawmaking.
The trilogue deal doubles down on those mistakes. This is pure deregulation, at the expense of people, workers and planet. It heavily weakens the first major binding set of rules for business to protect climate and human rights, and signals a return to a voluntary framework that’s never been efficient for holding corporations accountable for the harm they cause.
The ball is now in EU Members States’ court, to repair some of the damage done and deliver a set of rules in transposition that actually protect people and planet from corporate greed.