Agriculture min: New EU forest strategy must respect national competences

Sustainable forest management will help to achieve climate protection targets set down in the European Union's Green Deal, but national regulations are the best way forward, Minister of Agriculture Istvan Nagy said in a statement on Tuesday. After attending the Oct 11-12 meeting of the Agriculture and Fisheries Council in Luxembourg, Nagy said forest management was overwhelmingly a national competence and he called on Brussels to respect the national forest management policies of EU member states. The meeting considered the EU's new forest strategy released in June which outlines proposals regarding the development of Europe's forests in response to the pressing challenges they face.