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The British government did not compromise its sovereignty in accepting most of the European's Community's environmental directives. The British government accepted the policies because it believed that they were the result of the country's successful efforts at negotiation and were in line with British approaches towards the problem of pollution. In fact, British efforts to tailor the EC directives to match its own policies reflect the weakness of intergovernmental negotiations regarding the environment because of their failure to consider the sovereignty of the countries involved.
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The European Union's bid to promote the incorporation of environmental policies into the formulation and implementation of other policies by other countries has met with little success. The failure to integrate environmental polices in the agriculture, energy, industry, transport and tourism sectors, which was seen as a requirement for sustainable development, may be due to its non-binding nature on the member nations. The limited impact of the European Union's sustainable development program calls for greater political commitment from member countries.
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The European National and Regional Environmental Councils met in 1993 to tackle the issue of coordination of national and European environmental bodies. Advisory councils vary a great deal in their organization and interests, and a framework for cooperation needs to take this into account. Experiences elsewhere in Europe could benefit countries from eastern and southern Europe. The type of advisory council that is appropriate depends in part on the culture and political system of the country in question.
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