While Member States support the objective of revising two EU directives on ambient air quality to bring EU standards more into line with WHO recommendations, the European Commission's legislative proposal, presented in October 2022 (see EUROPE B13051A1), still poses difficulties for many delegations, who are calling for realism.
The ministerial policy debate at the Environment Council on 20 June in Luxembourg gave the outgoing Swedish Presidency the opportunity to take stock of the...