On Tuesday 6 May, MEPs voted by a show of hands to use the urgency procedure to change the European protection status of wolves – by revising the Habitats Directive – from “strictly protected” to “protected”. The amendment to the Habitats Directive will be put to the vote in the Chamber on Thursday 8 May.
The aim is to bring the wolf’s protection status under European legislation (Annexes IV and V of the Habitats Directive) in line with the Bern Convention as amended in...