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European Parliament backs Environment Committee’s challenges against GMOs

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This is an update of the earlier post (7 November). The European Parliament strongly backed the challenges against GMO authorisations. Looking more closely at the voting the disparity between Party loyalty in voting between groups is striking. The Greens/EFA, S&D, GUE, and IDG stick to the Party’s voting list. The ECR and EPP have significant … Read more

Confirmation hearing of Mr. Timmermans

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    please colleagues we are going to start so I would like please it’s amazing it’s crazy so please I’m going to start please sorry come on let’s be a bit disciplined so we are going to start this hearing welcome to you mr. t moments to the hearings before the and V committee … Read more

First comitology challenge of the new Parliament

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I was not expecting to start so quickly on following the environment committee’s challenges to the comitology decisions. Yesterday, the Environment committee backed two challenges to implementing acts on GMOs and pesticides. The size of the majority is substantial. Pesticides ENVI objects to the extension of approval period for pesticides flumioxazine (47/22/1) and chlorotoluron Rapporteur: … Read more

Whither the Commission’s Rules of Procedure?

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It is useful to have rules and to follow them. The EU is a rules-based system. There is no shortage for them. The Commission has lots of them. They have hidden most of them out in plain sight. For example: President’s Political Guidelines – https://ec.europa.eu/commission/sites/beta-political/files/political-guidelines-next-commission_en.pdf Work Programme – https://ec.europa.eu/info/publications/2019-commission-work-programme-key-documents_en Working Methods – https://ec.europa.eu/info/sites/info/files/the_working_methods_of_the_european_commission_2014-2019_november2014_en.pdf Commission’s Rules of Procedure – https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=celex:02000Q3614-20111116 … Read more