EU Parliament suspends negotiations on f • Table.Briefings

Pistols are exhibited at the Jagd und Hund trade fair in Dortmund.

Which rifles and pistols, for example, for hunters, can be imported and exported in the EU? The rules for this are to be revised – but MEPs are upset about the stubbornness of the Member States.

The European Parliament broke off yesterday’s negotiations with the Council on regulations for importing and exporting civilian firearms. The Belgian Council Presidency had demonstrated no willingness to negotiate on the scope of the new version of the so-called Firearms Regulation, EP rapporteur Bernd Lange (SPD) told Table.Media. „The European Parliament cannot tolerate this do-or-die attitude.“

EU Parliament suspends negotiations on firearms regulation

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