I digress … thoughts on fish & the environment
Aaron The record of the EP backing the Environment Committee’s challenges to some active substances and GMOs continues unbroken. On 10 March, the full Parliament backed the Committee with clear majorities. As they are implementing acts, the Commission will ignore the EP. The constant trends on these file will become interesting when the ordinary legislation come … Read more
The Environment Committee has debated 45 challenges to secondary legislation. 10 failed. If the Environment Committee backs the challenge, most of the time the full Parliament backs the challenge, usually with clear majorities. The challenges fall into the following categories: GMOs 19, Pesticides 14, Food 6, Chemicals 5, Other 2 Some Observations Looking at … Read more
What if there were a way to identify, in advance, which MEPs support you needed to get your issue adopted. I think there is. There are two ways I know. VoteWatch has a useful tool to identify the key influential MEPs on your issue (see link). 80/20 Principle Another way it to use the 80/20 … Read more
The 80/20 rule, or the Pareto Principle , says: 80% of what you get comes from 20% of what you do. Small Effort, Big Reward. 20% of what you get comes from the the other 80%: Bigg Effort, Small Reward. It is a rule that is used in business . 80% of income comes from … Read more