Human lives fall short of Brussels decision-makers’ priority list
Hungarian EU Presidency can address the bear issue
Today in Brussels, Csaba Borboly, President of the Harghita County Council and rapporteur of the European Committee of the Regions, drew attention to the excessive use of EU environmental policies and the dangers they pose, especially the bear issue.
During the intergovernmental meeting with the Belgian EU Presidency and the representative of the Biodiversity Directorate of the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Environment on 14 June, the status of the protected area was discussed.
Along the annexes of the Bern International Convention on the classification of protected species. Representatives of EU Member States discussed the amendment of the classification, where Csaba Borboly, presented the report and stressed that the protection of human life should be the most important consideration in the application of any legislation.
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The representatives of the Member States and of DG Environment did not understand that the right to the protection of human life guaranteed by international law, for example in Romania, cannot always be exercised by the competent Ministry of Environment, the Government and the Parliament, because it is being annulled in court by some green NGOs, claiming the current protected status.
– In Romania, court rulings often make it impossible to implement EU directives, in particular Article 16 of Council Directive 92/43/EEC, which concerns the protection of natural habitats and the conservation of wild fauna. Decisions taken by ministers, the government or the parliament are, in most cases, unenforceable in court.
It is therefore necessary to differentiate the treatment of strict protected status, not only by species, but also by Member State and by region (nuts 3), so that derogations which are justified and allowed by the Habitats Directive cannot be invalidated in bad faith. This is why we ask and trust that the Hungarian Presidency will support this issue,” the county president added, stressing that in Romania, despite the best intentions of politicians, the courts often side with radical environmentalists, which hinders the introduction of measures to protect human life.
It can almost be said that a special “application” of law has been created over national and international legislation, where it is impossible to enforce exceptions. A number of Romanian court decisions and their judicial reasoning have been forwarded to the DG’s experts to enable them to ascertain the reality in Romania:
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The European Commission’s Directorate-General for the Environment is responsible for EU environmental policy, aiming to protect and improve the environment for present and future generations. The Directorate also ensures that EU environmental legislation is properly applied by Member States and represents the European Union on environmental issues in international fora.
Csaba Borboly points out that the protection of human life must not take a back seat in the application of environmental legislation and that there is a need to make the legal framework more flexible to take account of local needs and specificities.
