I digress … thoughts on fish & the environment
Aaron It’s been a busy week for anyone interested in European Chemical Policy. On 4 May, the Commission published the inception impact assessment for the revision of CLP, and on the 5 May, the inception impact assessment for the revision of REACH. So you may have missed this. On Friday evening, DG Environment published a’Targeted stakeholder … Read more
I think there is a set of simple questions you can answer before you start work on lobbying that increase your chance of success by a factor of 10. The questions help you identify, at the very beginning, if you have a realistic chance of getting delivering the public policy change/law you want. I’ve used … Read more
As the Commission’s legislative machine gets into overdrive, there will be more and more public consultations to help mould legislative proposals. I’ve made prepared many over my long time in Brussels. It is nice to see your ideas and suggestions being reflected in the final Commission proposal. That’s is a nice feeling when you know … Read more
Winning in Brussels is not easy. It is not easy because the skill set you need to bring to the table to bring about change is not easy to assemble. Over the years, I have seen many campaigns fail. You don’t tend to see that campaigns that fail for a simple reason. No-body really noticed … Read more