Comitology

European Parliament backs Environment Committee’s challenges against GMOs

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This is an update of the earlier post (7 November). The European Parliament strongly backed the challenges against GMO authorisations. Looking more closely at the voting the disparity between Party loyalty in voting between groups is striking. The Greens/EFA, S&D, GUE, and IDG stick to the Party’s voting list. The ECR and EPP have significant … Read more

European Parliament back environment committee’s challenges on bees and chromium trioxide

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On Monday 21 October, the Environment Committee considered and backed two objections. A few days later, both objections were supported by the full Parliament. First, the majorities for both challenges were healthy in the committee Second, when the chromium challenge got to the full EP, the vote was close.  The majority for the chromium challenge … Read more

First Comitology Challenges Backed in the New EP

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On 10 October, the European Parliament backed the Environment Committee’s challenges to GMO and pesticides implementing acts. The pesticide challenge is a proxy indicator of Parliamentarian sentimenet on endocrine disruptors. The debate in the environment committee and the motion for a resolution make this clear. The backing for both challenges is substantial. It sets an … Read more

How to ignore the European Parliament – A Case Study

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I am old enough to have been working on proposals which moved from consultation with the EP to co-decision.  When the rules of the game shift it takes a while for people to adjust. On  26 July 2019, many RPS measures moved over to become delegated acts. This includes Classification and Labelling proposals. Under delegated acts, … Read more