I digress … thoughts on fish & the environment
The European Parliament’s Environment Committee is the most active Committee scrutinizing the Commission’s output of secondary legislation. Since the 9th legislature sat for the first time on 10 July 2019, the Environment Committee has seen 70 challenges tabled. Updated 8 July 2022 A review of the challenges of the Environment Committee 10 July 2019 … Read more
A lot of the time, people hope they can change a law or policy position if they know the policy, process, and people. That’s a good start, but more is needed. Process You need to know the process you are dealing with. If you are dealing with ordinary or secondary legislation, an agency decision or … Read more
A company asked me what I’d recommend to help them on a challenging file. Here is the list. Feed into the Impact Assessment. Bring real data and information into the process. If you are asked for studies, do them. Don’t gripe if you don’t constructively feed into the process. Step in from a good position. … Read more
A lobbyist’s job is to understand how legislators make their decisions. You want to know what makes them vote the way they do. If you are serious about your craft, you’ll read John W Kingdon’s work. For decades he has been the pre-eminent academic who gets how policy making, agenda setting and votes happen. In … Read more