Brussels, 17/12/2012 (Agence Europe) - Member states have been calling for the 7th Environmental Action Programme (EAP) presented by the European Commission last November (see EUROPE 10742 and 10741) high and low and the programme was given a generally positive welcome by the Environment Council during the first orientation debate chaired by Sofoclis Aletraris. Nonetheless, the economic crisis means that only a few voices such as Denmark, Sweden and Germany have called for increasing the...