Comitology

Some further reflections on dealing with substance classifications

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I wanted to provide an update to the post of 20 November. It’s important to understand and then mirror the thinking of the decision-makers. Ignoring their world view may be purifying,  but it is going to make winning your case harder. Points 32-44 are new, as are personal observations  6 and 7.  The personal observations … Read more

European Parliament backs Environment Committee’s challenges against GMOs

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This is an update of the earlier post (7 November). The European Parliament strongly backed the challenges against GMO authorisations. Looking more closely at the voting the disparity between Party loyalty in voting between groups is striking. The Greens/EFA, S&D, GUE, and IDG stick to the Party’s voting list. The ECR and EPP have significant … Read more

European Parliament back environment committee’s challenges on bees and chromium trioxide

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On Monday 21 October, the Environment Committee considered and backed two objections. A few days later, both objections were supported by the full Parliament. First, the majorities for both challenges were healthy in the committee Second, when the chromium challenge got to the full EP, the vote was close.  The majority for the chromium challenge … Read more