Greater environmental ambition is urgently needed as the baton passes from a disappointing Slovenian Presidency to France. A new year begins, and with it the next Presidency of the Council of the European Union. Slovenia
For each Presidency, the European Environmental Bureau presents its Ten Green Tests, putting forward the vision of civil society as to what are the most pressing environmental issues to be tackled. The Tests then provide a benchmark with which the environmental progress of the Presidential term can be stacked up against.
As the Presidency swaps over, it is an opportune moment to use the Tests to reflect on what came before and what is to come., marked as being the least environmentally progressive of the Presidency Trio. Although efforts on biodiversity loss were deemed as good, due to the support lent to the EU’s Forest Strategy and leading discussions on pollinator decline, the actual outcomes for this vital issue fell short. Elsewhere, disappointment came with the Slovenian Presidency failing to lead the way on negotiations for the Fit for 55 package, which intend to reduce the bloc’s emissions by at least 55% by 2030.
Further strong criticism was also levelled at the Slovenian Presidency for reducing the ambition of the revised Batteries Law, which came at odds with driving forward on the circular economy. Reformations of the Industrial Emissions Directive disappointingly did not align with goals of zero pollution.
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