I digress … thoughts on fish & the environment
Yesterday, 14 October, the Commission adopted a flurry of environmental proposals. The 8th Environmental Action Programme, (link) came out at the end of the day. It reads as if it has been quickly assembled to help meet the ambitious political agenda to get proposals adopted by the College agenda. What it lacks is a surprising … Read more
If you are serious about public policy making, you’ll read Vaclav Smil. If you want to better understand the solutions for some of the most challenging issues, you’ll read his work. Smil is one of the most influential minds of today. Sadly, most people have never bothered to read his publications. This Czech emigre, is … Read more
On Tuesday 6 October, I had the pleasure to join Erik Aske to speak about ‘Engaging with the Commission’. If you missed the talk, you can watch it again here. The real good stuff is in the books, How to Work with the EU Institutions and How the EU Institutions Work, available from John … Read more
On Wednesday 7 October, the European Parliament backed two Environment Committee’s comitology challenges. The challenges to measures the Acrylamide and E171 easily passed the threshold of 353 votes. DG SANTE is sent back to the drawing board to consider what to do.