50 years old – it’s the age where you start thinking about retirement. Kind of looking back what has been achieved and looking forward into a bright future with no more or at least less work. Not so for the European Union: in political terms the EU is just learning how to walk (with so many feet), let alone talk with one voice.
Stavros Dimas, Europe’s Environment commissioner, reviews in BBC’s Green Room what has been done concerning the environment etc. in the first phase of the EU’s lifetime – and finds many reasons to celebrate. While not forgetting how much more work is laying ahead of the Environmental Union...
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