During an exchange of views on the greening of the 'European Semester', EU environment ministers, on Thursday 5 March, all welcomed the fact that the budget exercise now focuses on long-term sustainability and integrates the UN's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
They all stressed that this demand had long been made by the EU Environment Council, which had so far not been heard, and welcomed the new impetus provided this year by the Annual Sustainable Growth Strategy (see EUROPE...