The EU's huge chemicals safety bill - REACH - charged through a European Parliament vote on Wednesday (13 December), leaving the greens disappointed and everybody else relieved the eight year legal marathon is over.
Five hundred and twenty nine predominantly conservative, socialist and liberal MEPs backed the final package with 98 mostly Green group and leftist GUE group deputies voting against a deal they say will leave killer chemicals on the EU market.
REACH - which stands for...
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Andrew Rettman is EUobserver's foreign editor, writing about foreign and security issues since 2005. He is Polish, but grew up in the UK, and lives in Brussels. He has also written for The Guardian, The Times of London, and Intelligence Online.