SECTORAL POLICIES / Environment

EU’s position at seventh meeting of Parties to Aarhus Convention is formally established

Brussels, 11/10/2021 (Agence Europe)

The EU is now ready for the seventh meeting of the parties to the international Aarhus Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters (MOP7, Geneva, 18-20 October), where, among other things, the EU’s compliance with its international obligations is to be negotiated.

On Monday 11 October, and without debate, the Council of the EU formally adopted the decision on the position to be defended by the EU in these...