An assessment published today by the European Environmental Bureau (EEB) provides a detailed analysis of the Romanian Presidency’s performance on environmental issues.
The EEB is Europe’s largest network of citizens’ environmental organisations with more than 150 members in over 30 countries.
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.
EEB Secretary General Jeremy Wates said:
“During 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.”
Some key findings of the assessment are:
You can read the detailed results on all Ten Green Tests across a range of policy areas in the full assessment.