I digress … thoughts on fish & the environment
Background The Commission took a decision during the Easter of 2023 to remove the details of many staff from Whoiswho web site. At the time, many people had no idea why this decision had been taken. Directors and Heads of Unit started to get a lot more phone calls asking to speak to civil servants … Read more
The next 10 days are going to be the most important of this Commission. On 18 October, the Commission will publish its 2023 Work Programme. It should be its last major work Programme before the European Elections in May 2024. It gives the EP a year to work on major proposals. As a general rule, … Read more
No one should be against Better Regulation, although there a quite a few officials who may not like it. On 7 July 2022, the European Parliament adopted a report prepared by Tiemo WÖLKEN (S&D/Germany) on ‘Better regulation: Joining forces to make better laws ‘. It provides some good suggestions. I hope the Commission reads the EP’s … Read more
Public interest in EU secondary legislation is limited. It is hard to be interested in something if the public doesn’t have an opportunity to give their feedback on draft proposals. And, for most secondary legislation, the public is denied the chance to give their direct feedback. And, most EU legislation (around 97%) is secondary legislation … Read more