In December 2019 the European Commission published the European Green Deal (COM(2019) 640). This Green Deal sets out an ambitious policy framework for sustainable development and climate action and seeks to make Europe climate neutral, sustainable and pollution free. The Green Deal also paves...

In late 2019 the European Commission published its Fitness Check for the Water Framework Directive, the Floods Directive, and the daughter Directives. The Fitness Check concluded that these Directives are 'largely fit for purpose', identifying areas that are working well and areas for...