Members of the European Parliament's Environment Committee voted on Tuesday 20 November in Brussels in favour of doubling the financial resources allocated to the LIFE Environment and Climate Action Programme in the EU's future post-2020 budget.
By an overwhelming majority (44 votes in favour, 1 against and 4 abstentions), they supported a global envelope of €7.27 billion, at current prices (currently €3.5 billion) for this financial instrument. This is more than 2 billion more...