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Where Do They Stand on Energy and Climate Change

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A useful summary from my colleagues at FH. European People’s Party (EPP)  Overall, Climate and Energy do not feature strongly in the EPP’s manifesto. A number of fleeting references are made however such as the EPP “will champion an EU energy market and invest in low carbon technologies”. Elsewhere, the group says “they [The EPP] … Read more

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Where Do Europe’s Parties Stand on the Environment

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Europe’s Political Parties – Manifestos On The Environment  Liberals  Europe’s liberals call for “transitioning into sustainable development through a resource efficient and low carbon economy with a stronger emphasis on renewable energy will create new jobs and make us less was a reliant on energy imports.” They go on to note that “in the process … Read more

Where Do Europe’s Parties Stand on Fisheries?

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  Where Do the European Parties Stand on Fisheries? A big part of election time for me is seeing where there Parties stand on the issues. The easiest way to do this is reading their manifestos. I am sure I still have a collection of manifestos back in England from all the main Parties that … Read more

What next for the new Fisheries Commissioner?

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By November 2014 a new Fisheries Commissioner should be confirmed in office. She/he will be taking on one of the more thankless and toughest jobs the EU has to offer.Already, the handover briefings for the next Commissioner are being briefed. A simple question is what should the new Commissioner focus on? What Can A Commissioner … Read more