German EU Council Presidency 2020: (WK-intern) - Press statement of Minister Svenja Schulze after the video conference of the EU environment ministers on 13/14 July 2020 Ladies and gentlemen, Today and yesterday, my colleagues and I met in an informal video conference to kick off the German EU Council Presidency. I am grateful that my colleagues accepted my invitation to an additional informal meeting. My overall impression of the meeting as well as our recent bilateral talks is that the pandemic brought Europe closer together - and this definitely applies for ministers of environment. The last two days have shown a high degree of