I digress … thoughts on fish & the environment
Aaron This is a short list of things I think a young lobbyist needs to be comfortable with and master at the start of their career. Write clearly and concisely. Speak clearly and concisely. Visualise complex information. Use plain English. Pick up the phone to ask officials/politicians for information. Communicate without jargon. Present to a … Read more
A good way to improve good law making in the EU would be to withdraw the vote from those Member States subject to an infringement action on the law under discussion. For example, take the recently adopted Urban Waste Water Directive. On 5 November 2024, the Council adopted the proposal. See link. According to … Read more
Attributed to Albert Einstein : “If you can’t explain it simply, you don’t understand it well enough” I have the suspicion that a lot of interests – Industry and NGOs – don’t get what they want – in term of public policy and advocacy – because they can’t explain what they want clearly and simply … Read more
On 8th April (not 1st April) Austria registered their intention to deal with the classification of peanut butter under the biocides regulation. There are clearly some Member States with a lot of time on their hands to classify chemical substances. If the Regulators are looking for more substances, I’d draw their attention to a helpful … Read more