Juncker Commission delays rather than ditches waste and air quality packages

Jessica Shankleman
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European Commission insists revised circular economy and pollution plans will be more ambitious than those on the table

Businesses have given a cautious welcome to the European Commission's 2015 agenda, after Commission President Jean Claude Juncker said he would only suspend work on its waste and air quality packages,...

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