Brouns Wants to Relax European Environmental Rules, Flemish Coalition Partners Taken by Surprise: "Minister Acting Unilaterally"

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Flemish Minister of Agriculture and the Environment Jo Brouns (CD&V) is advocating for a relaxation of European environmental directives. He is calling for the European drinking water, nitrate, and habitat directives to be applied less strictly in densely populated areas such as Flanders. This is stated in a concept note from the minister to the Christian Democratic group in the European Parliament. His coalition partners say they were unaware o…

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20:30 Opponents portray Jo Brouns as the man who wants to abandon one environmental regulation after another, especially now that he is once again advocating for relaxations in European nature directives. The CD&V Minister of Environment...