Brussels, 20/03/2014 (Agence Europe) - On Wednesday 19 March, a step was taken towards better coordinated national action plans which will allow the European Union more effectively to fight invasive alien species, a scourge which costs the European economy at least €12 billion every year.
The committee on the environment of the Parliament, which is chaired by Matthias Groote (S&D, Germany), approved the compromise reached on 5 March by the European Parliament and the Council on the EU on...