On 3 June, Environment Commissioner Karmelu Vella and Vice-President Frans Timmermans officially opened Green Week, organised annually in Brussels by the Commission. This year's focus is the protection of biodiversity, a theme more timely than ever in the wake of publication of the particularly alarming report by the European Environment Agency on the state of the environment in Europe and in the midst of its public consultation on the assessment of the birds and habitats directives.
Biodiversity is not a…