Although progress has been made under the German Presidency of the EU Council on the proposal to reform the controls on fishing activities, it is not sufficient to enable the Member States to reach a common position on this sensitive dossier by the end of the year.
It is therefore up to the future Portuguese Presidency, which will begin on 1 January 2021, to bring the EU Council to a general approach on this text.
A progress report on the negotiations in the EU Council shows that a...