EU: Conservatives side with far right to adopt Parliament's Omnibus I position diluting key sustainability rules
"European Parliament’s far-right alliance adopts position on Omnibus I: Corporate capture on full display, written for the few not for people or planet", 13 November 2025
This morning, the European Parliament adopted its position on the Omnibus I, a deregulation proposal that seeks to significantly water down key EU sustainability laws that were recently adopted, including the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD).
In a deeply troubling move, the European People’s Party (EPP) chose to align with the far right to push through a watered-down Omnibus I that pleases corporate interests, and echoes the Trump administration’s attacks on the EU’s sustainability rules. Just months ago, EPP leader Manfred Weber publicly vowed never to cooperate with extremist parties, drawing a “red line” in defence of the rule of law and European values. Today’s vote shows that the red line has been erased.
Yet this vote isn’t the end of the story. Every step of the process, from immediate trilogue negotiations to further national implementation, is still a chance to rebuild ambition and protect what truly matters: people, the planet, and corporate justice...
We call on co-legislators to fix this before it’s too late:
- Bring back a single, harmonised civil liability regime so victims can actually get access to justice.
- Restore real climate and human rights obligations, not box-ticking.
- Revert the changes to the CSDDD scope to ensure meaningful due diligence across supply chains.
- Stop trading accountability for short-term politics and resist any further dilution of CSDDD’s obligations.