I digress … thoughts on fish & the environment
Aaron What if there was a way as way to nearly guarantee that the European Commission proposed a law you wanted. If the odds of that proposed being tabled was around 95%. And, as you’ll know, once the Commission have tabled the draft law, it has even higher odds of being adopted. The Daily Mail would … Read more
I hold a lot of deeply unfashionable views. I am a free trade social democrat of green persuasions. I am even a fan of 1st Vice President Timmermans and his, nearly single hand effort, to install better regulation on the Commission. It is, I realise, a small niche. Better Regulation Is not De-regulation … Read more
First Vice President Timmermans surprised me this Tuesday (25 September 2016) when he announced the European Commission’s Work Programme for 2017. He made me proud to be a European. Time to Enforce Our Environmental Laws For the first time in more than 25 years he highlighted the importance of implementing and enforcing European Environmental Law … Read more
Every so often you get a call that makes you praise the day and thank that common sense is sometimes listened to inside the Commission. Today was one of those days. Someone very high up in the Commission has forced the Commission Services to change their position on REACH and Better Regulation. Substance bans in … Read more