I digress … thoughts on fish & the environment
I have been in Brussels since 1996. At every election, I’ve heard that the progressive centre and centre-left would collapse. Let’s see if that happened. The division between the progressive centre, centre left, and the centre right and right looks more or less the same today as it looked in 1979. 2. … Read more
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
Sometime tomorrow, 20 February, a new Delegated Act will be published. amending Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 as regards hazard classes and criteria for the classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures I will add the final text tomorrow. I thought I’d take a quiet Sunday to try and recreate the key dates from my … Read more
If you want to succeed in political campaigning and lobbying, you’ll have read Frank Luntz. There are some words and phrases that land and others that lead people to shut down. Some words and phrases attract support in some political groups and lead others to revulsion. Political Babel If you are not interested … Read more