Caritas Europa is creating the basis for a fruitful collaboration with the forthcoming French EU Presidency. In a series of meetings at the French Permanent Representation to the EU in Brussels, a delegation of Caritas Europa presented its main advocacy positions to the advisory team of Ambassador Pierre Sellal.

Ahead of the French Presidency of the Council of the European Union to start on 1 July of this year, the last in current Troika framework, Hill & Knowlton has today presented the findings of an opinion poll measuring French perception of their country’s influence in the European Union. The survey was conducted by the Opinion Way Institute and based on a representative cross-section of the French population.

In view of the vote of the Environment Committee on the future horizontal EU waste framework law, Orgalime seeks the support of Members of the European Parliament for the following voting recommendations:

1. Producer responsibility
2. Design of sustainable products
3. Waste hierarchy and targets
4. Stakeholder Consultation
5. End of waste criteria
6. By-products
7. Principles of self sufficiency and proximity – One European market for waste