It is time for soil, a multifunctional resource essential to life but exposed to multiple threats, to finally be protected in the EU through a legislative framework similar to what is already in place for air and water, said MEPs on Wednesday 28 April.
In a resolution adopted by a very large majority (605 for, 55 against, 41 abstentions), the European Parliament therefore calls on the Commission to develop a common EU legal framework - in full respect of the subsidiarity principle - on the...