Wither European Environmental Law?

I am clearing out some old papers and came across some old reports on the Implementation of EU Environmental Law. Well, to be fair, the reports are so old they refer to Community Environmental law.   In light of the new direction in Europe of doing very little, if anything, on the environmental front, and … Read more

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