I digress … thoughts on fish & the environment
I want insight and humour. I read to be informed, entertained, and in the current madness, reminded that sanity is still out there. I am repulsed by blowhards and fools. There is too much choice if you want poor drag acts holding themselves as providing informed comment. EuroComment’s Peter Ludlow gives a fly on the … Read more
European Commission President Juncker presented his 2017 State of the Union address on 13 September. This outlines the priority actions for the remainder of the Juncker Commission. At the same as President Junker delivered his speech to the European Parliament, he transmitted a Letter of Intent to the Parliament and Council (here). More importantly, … Read more
The current guidelines, 19.5.2015, are here. They are 91 pages long. They are supported by a Toolbox (here) of 414 pages. This rule book has been updated. It has been transmitted to the European Parliament and Council. It is now 90 pages of detailed guidelines and supported by a 500 page Toolbox. I would recommend … Read more
Observations on the neonicotinoids implementing act challenge On 7th April 2017, Julie Girdling (UK/ECR) submitted three objections to restrictions on 3 neonicotinoid pesticides: active substance coinciding; imidacloprid; ethiamethoxam. Neonicotinoids are a group of pesticides that mimic nicotine. They have been subject to EU restrictions because questions of impacting bees. The grounds put forward to objecting to the 3 … Read more