Will Ulster Say No to CFP Reform?

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Time to Vote on CFP Reform On 18th December the European Parliament’s Fisheries Committee will vote on Mrs Rodust’s report to reform the broken Common Fisheries Policy. Conservatives Seek to Block Vote There are a set of compromise amendments that many of the Groups have signed up to. The Conservative Group, the EPP, in a … Read more

The lawyers win – Europe’s New Environmental Policy

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Much a do about Nothing? Today, the European Commission launched their “new” work plan for the environment.  The only thing is that there is nothing much new in and it looks like the heart,or at least fight, has gone out of Europe’s environmental agenda. I am old enough to remember that Community “Environmental Actions Programmes” … Read more

A Carbon Mountain in New York

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Simple Works Environmentalists are an earnest low. They think people will be persuaded by science and reason. Asking people to change their lives is not easy. It is harder if the issue is not explained to them. On Climate Change there is often a battle of data between two sides. The politicians are confused and … Read more

Europe’s Conservatives Work to Block CFP Reform

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Ulrike Rodust is German Social Democrat MEP  who wants to  makes Europe’s Fisheries Policy  work. A Failed Putsch That she is the Fisheries Committee’s lead on the reform of the CFP is a small miracle. The Fisheries Committee traditionally has a Meditereanean  air to it. The Conservative Group, the EPP, tried to shut out the … Read more