Strasbourg, 18/12/2003 (Agence Europe) - On Wednesday, the EP approved Council's common position, with a few amendments, on environmental liability as regards the prevention and repair of environmental damage. The rapporteur, Dutch Liberal Toine Manders, welcomed the vote, referring to an "E-Day" for Europe, an "historic" day for the environment, as Europe will, for the first time, have "a legal basis at European level to make polluters pay", he stressed. Other MEPs were less enthusiastic,...