Environment

The Environment Committee, now the European Parliament’s largest Committee, will have their work cut out for them. First, much of the Commission’s President Designate’s agenda sits with the Environment Committee.  The European Green Deal will bring forward a package of major environmental and climate legislation. Second, the Commission’s Work Programme is still being developed. It looks … Read more

Agenda Election of the Chair. Minutes of the meeting Minutes here. Transcript of the meeting So, ladies and gentlemen, dear colleagues, I think we should start. My name is Peter Liza, and have already been asked by colleagues. Am I the oldest member here in the comedy? No, I hope not. But they told me … Read more

After the voters have had their say, the turnover of MEPs is  63%. For the Environment Committee, it’s 67%.  Political heavyweights of the Environment Committee will not be there. Julie Girling, Karl-Heinz Florenz, and Françoise Grossetete did not run again. Ivo Belet, Pavel Poc, and Elisabetta Gardini were not re-elected.  I’ll update this post when the … Read more

On Friday I gave a talk to the Public Affairs Council. I was asked how far in advance I could tell if a legislative or regulatory proposal would come. I answered ’10 years out’.  Maybe this sounds like an incredulous mystic, so I thought it would be useful to test out this ‘gut feeling’.  This … Read more