Mr Vella’s job interview

If you missed Monday 29 September’s European Parliamentary’s confirmation hearings of Malta’s Karmenu Vella I wanted to provide a recap. He’s been given the reponsibiltiy for both the  Environment agenda and  Maritime Affairs and Fisheries.  A mamouth task made only easier by a seemingly clear signal from the new Commission to do little new on … Read more

The New Environment Committee

On 7th July the Environment Committee met for the first time.   I will update this post later with details of the members and leadership of the Committee. In the meantime, if you want to understand the D’ Hondt system and how well establish rules of governing the EP  can easily be forgotten, you can … Read more

The New (almost) Environment Committee

 The New Environment Committee The Committee will meet for the first time on Monday 7 July. There is likely to be some changes in the membership of the Environment Committee by then. We will update this report when the membership is confirmed. I have worked for a British Labour MEP on the environment in 1997. … Read more