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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12700

17 April 2021
SECTORAL POLICIES / Environment
MEPs want common European framework for soil protection that respects subsidiarity
Brussels, 16/04/2021 (Agence Europe)

Members of the European Parliament’s Committee on the Environment (ENVI) are calling for an EU-wide framework for soil protection that fully respects the subsidiarity principle.

A draft resolution calling on the European Commission to develop this common framework was adopted on Friday 16 April by a large majority (73 votes in favour, 7 against, no abstentions) (see EUROPE B12665A6).

Respecting subsidiarity would avoid the pitfall of the Soil Protection Directive proposed in 2006, but...

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