Aaron

Book Launch

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It was nice to join the book launch of ‘How the EU Institutions Work’ and ‘How to Work with the EU Institutions’ on 22 September. If you missed it, you can watch it below.     In these COVID-19 days, Zoom is the easiest way to bring people together.  I look forward to the return … Read more

Don’t haggle like you are in a Turkish bazaar

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Negotiating a piece of EU legislation is not like haggling in a Turkish bazaar.  If that’s your tactic your chance of getting what you want are off to a bad start. Too many think that works in getting a road project with a local mayor who is their second cousin will work when dealing with … Read more

Which country is on the losing side most of the time in the EU

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With the UK leaving the EU, other countries are going to have to take the UK’s place of being in the minority. In the Council, across all policy areas, the UK were on the loosing side more than any other country. They were followed by Austria, Germany, Poland and the Netherlands. In the Envirornment field, … Read more

What happens if the EP challenge is out of time?

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There have been two recent cases – E171 and flumioxazine – where the Commission submitted comitology proposals for scrutiny to the European Parliament that did not allow the EP the time to effectively scrutinise the proposal. There is no better way to unify MEPs than to give the perception of trying to by-pass the limited … Read more