European Parliament negotiators and the Austrian Presidency of the Council discussed on Thursday 4 October a compromise text on technical fisheries measures, with a controversial solution on electric fishing (see EUROPE 12049).
Yannick Jadot (Greens/EFA, France) denounced the solution under discussion in the draft compromise text, which, in his opinion, does not respect the European Parliament's position in favour of banning this fishing technique.
This compromise is "excessively...