Brussels, 12/12/2001 (Agence Europe) - On Wednesday, the Environment Council managed to come to an unanimous political agreement on the directive relating to public participation in environmental plans and programmes in order to allow it to intervene at an early stage of the decision-making process, to make observations that the authorities will have to take into account, and to be informed of such decisions. The text of the agreement, which came rapidly after the integration of one third of...