07/11/2017 (Agence Europe) – The Estonian Presidency of the Council of the EU has had to give up on its plan to get a conclusions document adopted on soil protection by the EU's agriculture ministers (see EUROPE 11894). At their meeting in Brussels on Monday 6 November, most ministers recognised the importance of protecting agricultural land against erosion, pollution, impoverishment and artificialisation, but said they did not favour European legislation, preferring to be free to...