Conservative MEPs got a slap in the face on the EU's REACH chemicals bill on Thursday (17 November), as the European Parliament narrowly voted in a liberal-green proposal on authorisation rules.
The so-called Nassauer-Sacconi compromise on registration agreed by the conservatives, liberals and socialists last week also got through with an easy majority.
REACH stands for registration, evaluation and authorisation of chemicals - a law designed to impose EU control over substances ...
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Already a member? Login hereAndrew Rettman is EUobserver's Foreign Affairs Editor. He has been writing about foreign and security affairs for EUobserver since 2005. He is Polish but grew up in the UK. He has also written for The Guardian, The Telegraph, and The Times of London.
Andrew Rettman is EUobserver's Foreign Affairs Editor. He has been writing about foreign and security affairs for EUobserver since 2005. He is Polish but grew up in the UK. He has also written for The Guardian, The Telegraph, and The Times of London.