Upcoming Threats and Developments in Access to Justice at Member State and EU level. – Summary Statement
Publications: Environmental Democracy
The following statement on behalf of the Environmental Justice Network of Ireland will highlight some key recent challenges to Access to Justice and upcoming developments. These include the presentation of a Bill in Ireland that seeks to drastically reduce access to justice in environmental matters, in the name of speeding up the planning process, a review of the missed opportunities for access to justice in the Fit for 55 package, some upcoming challenges to access to justice posed by the RePower EU, and the threat to cross-border environmental protection on the island of Ireland posed by the UK “Bonfire of the Regulations”, a bill to automatically revoke all EU law in force by the end of the year. Also, recent proposals from the EU Commission that do enshrine access to justice are highlighted as positives, and the possible reopening of the EU Governance Regulation in 2024 for improved public participation and inclusion of explicit access to justice clauses is flagged as an opportunity.
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