The first successful European citizens’ initiative “Right2Water” will become European law. Yesterday (Wednesday, 18 December), the representatives of the European Parliament, the Council of Member States and the European Commission agreed on stricter limits for lead and endocrine disruptors such as bisphenol A allowed in drinking water. The agreement also foresees free access to drinking […]
Malta: Parliament vote shows Commission must begin Rule of Law dialogue
Today, on the initiative of the Greens/EFA group, the European Parliament has just voted with very large majority (only the extreme right abstained) on a resolution on the Rule of Law in Malta, after the recent revelations around the murder of Daphne Caruana Galizia. The vote calls on the Commission to enter into dialogue with […]
EU Drinking Water Directive: Last round of negotiations, tomorrow, Wednesday, 18 December
Dear correspondents and journalists, The first successful European citizens’ initiative “Right2Water” becomes European law. Once again, important decisions for citizens and the environment are taken by the Brussels institutions – largely unnoticed by the public. In the course of the revision of the European Drinking Water Directive, which was proposed by the Commission in response […]
Classification of Sustainable Investments: Happy End without nuclear greenwashing
Yesterday evening, on 16 December, the European Parliament’s negotiating team accepted a compromise proposal from the Council of Ministers on the classification of sustainable investments (taxonomy). The text is based on the agreement reached by the Member States in the Council on the morning of the same day. The Finnish Presidency had presented this text […]
Malta: European Parliament demands investigation in the framework of the rule of law mechanism
On Tuesday, the European Parliament and the European Commission will debate the state of the rule of law in Malta. The plenary in Strasbourg will then vote on a resolution on Thursday. The resolution follows the visit of a European Parliament mission to Malta following revelations about the murder of the Maltese journalist Daphne Caruana […]
Conflicts of interest: ECON Committee demands to ban contacts with Farkas as future bank lobbyist
Today, on 12 December, the Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee of the European Parliament voted a resolution on “Institutions and bodies in the Economic and Monetary Union: Preventing post-public employment conflicts of interest”. This resolution is the European Parliament’s reaction to the appointment of Adam Farkas, currently Executive Director of the European Banking Authority (EBA), […]