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A useful session in this morning’s Environment Committee with Dr Hoyer, President of the EIB. It’s well worth watching/reading if you want to get a better understanding of the issues around financing the transition. Auto-generated transcript thank you very much the Chairman always had the idea of being an MEP one day and even sharing … Read more

In a few weeks, the Commission will come forward with their hallmark initiative ‘the European Green Deal’. It will be the central legislative, policy and political issue for the next five years. What is obvious, if not yet openly discussed, is that if the Green Deal is to mean anything, it’s going to involve massive … Read more

In case you missed the confirmation hearing of Commissioner-designate Virginjus Sinkevicius, you can watch it or read the autogenerated transcript. He was confirmed soon after by both the Environment and the Fisheries Committee.     so please take your seats so I will say a few words in French to start with Julie sweetie Oh … Read more

  To be opened in 2024 Every five years a new Commission takes office. Every time it happens, I forget the nuts and bolts of the transition, so I wanted to write a short note to myself for 2024. I started this after preparing a note on how the Commission prepares the Work Programme during … Read more