More than 400,000 premature deaths a year in the EU, serious respiratory diseases and billions of euros in economic losses due to air pollution are unacceptable, which is why air quality will remain a very important issue for the Council of the EU, Finnish Minister for European Affairs, Tytti Tuppurainen, assured MEPs on Wednesday evening, 17 July.
It is about going beyond the progress made so far with EU legislation, she said during a debate on urban air quality. This objective has met the...