Lobbyists need to embrace reality

Ray Dalio has shared the principles that made him a successful businessman. A lobbyist will learn a lot from this book or this one. If you don’t want to read, you can watch the video.     Think for yourself while being radically open-minded “Good decision will reward you with good outcomes and bad decisions will … Read more

Fairy dust for Europe’s seas

Today, the European Commission adopted its keystone initiative, the ‘European Green Deal’. You can find it here along with the follow up key actions (link). It starts off strong. The Commission realises that “oceans are being polluted and destroyed”. And, for a Green Deal that uses bold words about climate change,  the Commission recognises the ‘role … Read more

Environment Committee December comitology challenge

On 2 & 3 December, the Environment Committee considered four objections to secondary legislation.   Observations   The trend of more than than one group to succeed is needed continues. The similarity of the language across political groups except for the ECR becomes more noticeable. The positions that a few years would have been considered … Read more

what to do if the committee does not back your comitology challenge?

If your challenge to a delegated acts/ or implementing act/ measures does not succeed at the Committee stage, you can always return again at the Plenary. The European Parliament’s Rules of Procedure deal with both delegated acts (Rule 111), and implementing acts and RPS measures (Rule 112). Challenging Delegated acts Even if a challenge fails … Read more