EU

A Fresh New Start – President Junker The Next President of the European Commission will be Jean-Claude Junker. One can only hope he is better than previous Luxembourg President of the Commission, Jacques Santer, whose incompetence was so dire, that the European Parliament threw him out of office. EU leaders choose him as their Candidate on 27 … Read more

European Parliament On Thursday 26 June the Political Groups behind the Chairs and Vice- Chairs of the European Parliament’s 22 Committees were announced.  These positions are assigned to the  Political Groups relative to their size. As the Christian Democrats are the largest group, they get the first choice on the Committee they want to lead. … Read more

Parliament’s New Leaders  Last week the men and women who will decide a lot of Europe’s laws were decided. The Chairs of the European Parliament’s Committees, whose job is to keep the European Commission and Council in check, make sure taxpayers’ money is spent properly, and scrutinise and pass laws were decided. Or, at least … Read more

A useful summary from my colleagues at FH. European People’s Party (EPP)  Overall, Climate and Energy do not feature strongly in the EPP’s manifesto. A number of fleeting references are made however such as the EPP “will champion an EU energy market and invest in low carbon technologies”. Elsewhere, the group says “they [The EPP] … Read more