Fisheries Committee Debates CFP Implementation

At the 2nd meeting of the EP Fisheries Committee on Tuesday 22nd July the Committee discussed: General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2015 – see 00 to 41 minutes Exchange of views with Lowri Evans on the ‘overview of the state of play regarding the implementation of the CFP’ – see 41:00 … Read more

Fisheries Committee – Leading Players

One of the more useful roles on any Committee is to be the Group coordinator. It puts you in charge of bringing about an agreed Party line on issues. Along with the national Chairs and Vice-Chairs, these are the point people, who have a great deal of influence on what comes out of the Committee. … Read more

Values Work – Why Not Use Them

If It Works For Greenpeace, why not copy them A year ago I met a senior Greenpeace staffer and a victory reception for the Common Fisheries Policy and I asked them what Greenpeace did that made so many of their campaigns win? The staffer explained two things to me that amounted to using (1) Value … Read more