The action plan for nature, population and the economy presented by the European Commission in order to improve the implementation of the 'Habitats' and 'Wild birds' directives is a good thing, but needs immediate and more determined efforts and a timetable for key initiatives, the MEPs of the committee on the environment of the European Parliament said on Thursday 31 August (see EUROPE 11811, 11809). This is demonstrated by the terms of an oral question to the Commission, which it adopted...