This convention, concluded in 1998 under the auspices of the UN, aims to involve Europe's citizens in environmental policies by entitling them to gain access to information and to participate in decision-making and, if these rights are not respected, to take legal action to enforce them.
Sociāldemokrātu grupas (PSE) pārstāvis Wolfgang KREISSL-DÖRFLER (DE) atgādināja, ka ziņojums, par ko Parlaments balsos, ir tikai starpposma pārskats, un tā mērķis nav izdarīt galīgus secinājumus.