Brussels, 17/06/2016 (Agence Europe) - On Thursday 16 June, the European Commission announced that it had called on France to comply with the EU directive on the conservation of wild birds and sent the country a reasoned opinion (second stage of the infringement procedure).
The Commission has criticised this member state for no putting an end to the poaching and killing of ortolan buntings (Emberiza hortulana), a non-huntable migratory bird species strictly protected under the birds...