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 Heads of the French, British and German employer’s unions strongly criticize their respective environment ministers’ support for unilateral deeper cuts in CO2 emissions
 Last July the French, British and German environment ministers published a letter about the unconditional and unilateral 30% reduction of greenhouse-gas emissions by 2020 instead of the agreed 20%. In a joint reaction to the three environment ministers the head of the French employers’ organization, MEDEF, together with the Director-General of Britain’s CBI and their German counterpart at BDI wrote that such a step would jeopardize and potentially damage European competitiveness...
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Relaunch of free trade talks between the EU and MERCOSUR at the centre of 4th EU-Brazil Business Summit
After almost 6 years of standstill, negotiations regarding a free trade agreement between the EU and MERCOSUR (Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay) were recently put back on track. This relaunch was warmly welcomed by European and Brazilian business at the 4th EU-Brazil Business Summit, that adopted a joint declaration...
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The sustainable management of natural resources and materials
The sustainable management of natural resources and materials is essential if we are to rise to a number of challenges, such as our dependence on natural resources and their impact on the environment. Europe has to focus on three main areas...
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Intervention Thomas Leysen, president of the FEB, at the informal Environment Council
 Sustainable management of natural resources & materials: how EU policy can promote waste prevention and recycling?
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The programme of the Belgian EU presidency
Belgium has set out its own priorities which it will pursue throughout its Presidency of the Council of the EU.
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