Brussels, 28/03/2013 (Agence Europe) - A preliminary deal carved out between negotiators for the Irish Presidency of the EU Council and the European Parliament on a proposal for new chemical quality standards for European waters was rejected during the evening of Wednesday 27 March. It was deemed too ambitious by the Council, to the great disappointment of the European Environmental Bureau (EEB) which, on the contrary, considered it did not go far enough.
The compromise reached in trialogue...