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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11062

17 April 2014
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY / (ae) biodiversity
New stage in battle to stamp out invasive species

Brussels, 16/04/2014 (Agence Europe) - In the final lap of this European Parliament, MEPs paved the way on Wednesday 16 April for boosting the fight and ensuring better coordination to stamp out invasive alien species in the European Union.

By a wide majority of 606 votes to 36 and 4 abstentions, the MEPs enshrined an informal agreement with the EU Council of Ministers on how to tackle a scourge that causes damage estimated at more than €12 billion in Europe every year (see EUROPE 11043),...

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