I digress … thoughts on fish & the environment
The Case Against Returning to A Failed Fishing Past Charles Clover’s weekly column in the Sunday Times today (30 June 2013) is well worth reading. The firewall makes it hard to see so for a short while I have added transcribed it below. Charles is no friend of euro-madness and financial waste. So, the European … Read more
A Greek Revolutionary Who Delivered Change Commissioner Damanaki acheived what many people, including me, thought not possible. She pulled off a real reform of Europe’s Common Fisheries Policy. She ignored her critics, whether they were in DG MARE who opposed tooth and nail the discards ban, Commissioner Barnier whose services waterted down DG MARE’s proposal … Read more
Malta’s police have confirmed there is no case against John Dalli, the former Commissioner who took was brave to take on fags industry. John Dalli has also already been found innocent by OLAF. President Barroso was very quick to demand Dalli’s resignation, notwithstanding the lack of any real evidence, unless he’s taking as credible the … Read more