On Wednesday 7 November, the national ambassadors of the 28 EU member states welcomed the minutes of the first interinstitutional negotiation meeting held the previous day on the proposal for a directive aimed at limiting the consumption of single-use plastic products in the EU. Such plastics are polluting the seas and oceans.
As in every inaugural trialogue, the two institutions put forward their respective positions, which were adopted in record time and which are not too far from each...