Ahead of the European Commission’s proposal to revise the EU directive on the protection of the environment through criminal law (2008/99/EC), MEPs and civil society organisations on Monday 13 December called for the fight against environmental crime to be made an EU priority.
This is the subject of a letter addressed to European Commissioners Didier Reynders (Justice) and Virginijus Sinkevičius (Environment), supported by 54 environmental organisations, trade unions, and human rights...