While 60-70% of Europe’s soil is not in good health, the European Union and its Member States are far from making sufficient efforts to ensure soil sustainability, failing to make full use of the financial and legislative instruments at their disposal, denounces the European Court of Auditors in a special report published on Monday 10 July.
This report is the result of an audit carried out in five EU countries (Germany, Ireland, Spain, France and the Netherlands) over the 2014-2020...