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As catastrophic wildfires sweep across Southern Europe, WWF warns that the EU is sleepwalking into a permanent wildfire crisis while simultaneously weakening key environmental protections that help safeguard people, economies and nature from climate impacts.
The European Commission has published its long-awaited evaluation of the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP), finding that it is fit for purpose while full implementation is lacking. WWF welcomes the assessment and calls on Member States to match the ambition of the law with enforcement on the water.
European retailers and wholesaler note the One Europe, One Market Roadmap as a positive step towards aligning the European Parliament, the Council and the European Commission on a common agenda for the Single Market.
Today, the European Parliament’s Budget committee supported dedicated funding for the LIFE programme in its position on the Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) interim report, but in breaking with established practice, failed to endorse strong spending targets for climate and biodiversity.
No Patents on Seeds! have published a representative survey conducted in five EU member states, i.e. France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands and Poland. The results clearly show that around 80 percent of EU citizens reject the idea of granting patents on living organisms, e.g. patents on plants or animals.
The EU Taxonomy, Europe’s classification system for green activities, is in danger of being weakened, following the Commission’s new criteria review proposal. Several proposed changes miss the target of making the criteria easier and instead open the door to watering some of them down.
With only five months to go before the first parts of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) kick in, the Commission published on 30 March a guidance document and a Frequently Asked Questions document.
