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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12781

2 September 2021
SECTORAL POLICIES / Environment
MEPs call for improved EU regulatory framework to enforce polluter pays principle
Brussels, 01/09/2021 (Agence Europe)

Polluters should pay for the costs of pollution they cause - including clean-up costs - and not European taxpayers, as is too often the case in the EU, MEPs stressed, on Wednesday 1 September, in a debate between the Committees on Budgetary Control (CONT) and on the Environment (ENVI).

They all welcomed the recent Court of Auditors report on this subject, which was presented to them by Viorel Stefan, ECA member responsible for this audit(see EUROPE B12755A3). The report highlights...

Contents

SECURITY - DEFENCE
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS - SOCIETAL ISSUES
SECTORAL POLICIES
EU RESPONSE TO COVID-19
ECONOMY - FINANCE
EXTERNAL ACTION
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
NEWS BRIEFS