{"id":99012,"date":"2019-07-03T18:38:54","date_gmt":"2019-07-03T16:38:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eeb.org\/?p=99012"},"modified":"2019-07-03T18:38:54","modified_gmt":"2019-07-03T16:38:54","slug":"mixed-picture-for-europes-environment-under-romanian-presidency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eeb.org\/de\/mixed-picture-for-europes-environment-under-romanian-presidency\/","title":{"rendered":"Mixed picture for Europe\u2019s environment under Romanian presidency"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>Sustainable development was on the agenda but virtually absent from a long-awaited declaration during Romania\u2019s six-month Presidency of the EU, which ended this week. Citizens\u2019 groups have described a \u2018mixed picture\u2019 for Europe\u2019s environment during the country\u2019s first-ever EU Presidency.<\/h4>\n<p>An assessment published today by the European Environmental Bureau (EEB) provides a detailed analysis of the Romanian Presidency\u2019s performance on environmental issues.<\/p>\n<p><em>The EEB is Europe\u2019s largest network of citizens\u2019 environmental organisations with more than 150 members in over 30 countries. <\/em><\/p>\n<p>Every six months, the EEB publishes an assessment of the outgoing presidency and Ten Green Tests for the incoming presidency. The assessment of the Romanian Presidency was prepared in cooperation with Seas at Risk. It distinguishes between effort and outcome, and also takes account of what is within the power of a presidency to achieve.<\/p>\n<p>EEB Secretary General Jeremy Wates said:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cDuring the Romanian Presidency progress was made on crucial environmental issues like water quality and chemicals policy. However, much work remains to be done and important opportunities were missed on agriculture and circular economy.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Some key findings of the assessment are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Romanian government made efforts to place sustainable development on the agenda by hosting a high-level conference on the 2030 Agenda in April. However, just a month later, the long-awaited <strong>Sibiu Declaration <\/strong>virtually ignored sustainability and treated the environment as an afterthought.<\/li>\n<li>Following the European election, the environment was given more prominence in <strong>the Strategic Agenda for 2019-2024<\/strong> but failed to place this within an overarching sustainable development framework \u2013 raising concerns about its coherence.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Romania was congratulated for its work on water and chemicals<\/strong>, and the achievement of positive and helpful Council conclusions in June.<\/li>\n<li><strong>However, outcomes on agriculture and circular economy were unsatisfactory<\/strong> and opportunities for progress were missed.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/eeb.org\/wp-admin\/admin-ajax.php?juwpfisadmin=false&amp;action=wpfd&amp;task=file.download&amp;wpfd_category_id=183&amp;wpfd_file_id=99016&amp;token=5b4bda8838171a0a8f88fa8690390a9d&amp;preview=1\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-99017\" src=\"https:\/\/eeb.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/EEB_RO.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"392\" height=\"519\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eeb.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/EEB_RO.png 639w, https:\/\/eeb.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/EEB_RO-227x300.png 227w, https:\/\/eeb.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/EEB_RO-110x146.png 110w, https:\/\/eeb.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/EEB_RO-38x50.png 38w, https:\/\/eeb.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/EEB_RO-57x75.png 57w\" sizes=\"(max-width:767px) 392px, 392px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>You can read the detailed results on all Ten Green Tests across a range of policy areas in the full assessment.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"background: url('https:\/\/eeb.org\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-file-download\/app\/admin\/assets\/images\/file_download.png') no-repeat scroll center center #D6D6D6; border: 2px dashed #888888; height: 100px; border-radius: 10px; width: 99%;\" src=\"https:\/\/eeb.org\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-file-download\/app\/admin\/assets\/images\/t.gif\" data-file=\"99016\" data-wpfdfile=\"99016\" data-category=\"183\" \/><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sustainable development was on the agenda but virtually absent from a long-awaited declaration during Romania\u2019s six-month Presidency of the EU, which ended this week. 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