I digress … thoughts on fish & the environment
I am a strong believer in putting forward a robust and credible during the public consultation for the impact assessment. It is born from my experience at law school working on criminal law defence cases. It taught me a lot. For me, not handing over robust, credible, and independent data and evidence is like going … Read more
The European Parliament has a very useful ‘Legislative Train Schedule’ (link). It tracks some of the key legislative proposals from the Juncker Commission. I wanted to see how much feedback some of these key proposals got. Especially, I wanted to see how many people used the ‘post proposal 8 – week feedback’ window. … Read more
On Friday 10th May, the European Ombudsman raised hope for open law making for secondary legislation (link). Today, most lawmaking by the EU is done by way of secondary legislation. It’s more or less carried out in secret. First, the Commission refuse to release how each Member States vote in the Committee. Second, they don’t … Read more
It may seem obvious that the European Parliament can only scrutinise laws if they have had a chance to read them before they are adopted. It’s hard to review something if you don’t have a copy of what’s being proposed. It’s harder if you are sent a copy after the law’s been adopted. It’s so … Read more