Brussels, 18/12/2006 (Agence Europe) - The outgoing Finnish Presidency can be proud of the political agreement reached by the Environment Council on 18 December on the draft framework directive to accompany the EU thematic strategy for the protection and preservation of the marine environment. Member States adopted, by qualified majority, the compromise put forward by the Presidency, whose efforts to reach this outcome were acknowledged by all. Italy, with its 8,000 kilometres of coastline,...