Comitology

On 2 & 3 December, the Environment Committee considered four objections to secondary legislation.   Observations   The trend of more than than one group to succeed is needed continues. The similarity of the language across political groups except for the ECR becomes more noticeable. The positions that a few years would have been considered … Read more

If your challenge to a delegated acts/ or implementing act/ measures does not succeed at the Committee stage, you can always return again at the Plenary. The European Parliament’s Rules of Procedure deal with both delegated acts (Rule 111), and implementing acts and RPS measures (Rule 112). Challenging Delegated acts Even if a challenge fails … Read more

Today, 3 December, the Environment Committee voted against the objection. The vote was: Against:  46; For: 19;4 abstentions The ECR have the option to re-table the objection to the full Parliament (plenary) at the 16-19 December 2019. The threshold for adoption in the plenary is high: 376 MEPs out of a total of 751. Today, … Read more

I wanted to provide an update to the post of 20 November. It’s important to understand and then mirror the thinking of the decision-makers. Ignoring their world view may be purifying,  but it is going to make winning your case harder. Points 32-44 are new, as are personal observations  6 and 7.  The personal observations … Read more