As we know, approval of a decision at this moment in time still requires the consensus of all the Member States.

The Sierra Club and other groups filed a suit on Thursday that challenges federal approval of a decision by Florida to remove 161 mercury-polluted streams, rivers and lakes from a list of mandated cleanups.

It is unacceptable that a Member State should be able to delay approval of a decision on the question of who should be proposed by the Council until the end of an extremely boring lunch, as was recently the case.