Archives for Eddy Wax
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MEPs accept Wojciechowski as EU farm commissioner
Poland’s candidate for the European Commission scrapes through a second hearing.
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EU farm nominee faces further grilling after botched hearing
Parliamentarians were disappointed with Janusz Wojciechowski’s replies on topics from trade to his own finances.
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Poland’s Commission candidate returns EU funds after probe
OLAF said Janusz Wojciechowski had ‘unduly’ received €11,243 in travel and living expenses when he was an MEP.
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5 policy suggestions for the ‘European way of life’ commissioner
If Margaritis Schinas really wants to champion Europe, this is what he should do.
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German president asks for Polish forgiveness at World War II commemoration
Frank-Walter Steinmeier and his counterpart Andrzej Duda mark the 80th anniversary of the war’s outbreak on Sunday.
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Michel Barnier: No alternative to backstop until withdrawal deal ratified
EU’s chief Brexit negotiator also says he is ‘not optimistic’ about avoiding a no-deal outcome.
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Village mayor exposes France’s pesticide schism
Daniel Cueff lost a battle against glyphosate, but not necessarily the war.
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Brussels’ Plan Bee: Hives for public buildings
The scheme would be launched by the end of 2020.
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Belgium tests EU rules on halal and kosher slaughter
Flanders will test the limits of European law on animal welfare and religious freedom.
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French farm minister under fire for attending bullfight
Critics assail Didier Guillaume and colleague for watching event in which 6 bulls were killed.
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Irish parliament rejects EU-Mercosur deal in symbolic vote
Motion calls on Dublin to vote down major South American trade deal at EU level.
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Parliament groups vow to stop far-right MEPs chairing committees
An anti-far right alliance has formed to prevent Salvini and Le Pen’s bloc getting key positions in the new Parliament.
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Far-right bloc claims ‘the right’ to chair Parliament’s agriculture committee
Green politicians vow that pro-EU parties will block the Identity and Democracy group.
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Why GATT 24 won’t help a no-deal Brexit UK
Trade experts say Tory frontrunner Boris Johnson is wrong
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Macron, 3 other leaders warn Mercosur deal could ‘destabilize’ farm sector
They demand that the quotas for beef, poultry, pork, sugar and ethanol must not be increased anymore.
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The MEPs in Brexit limbo
Twenty-seven people elected to the European Parliament last month cannot serve until Brexit day.
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Spain fires diplomat in Scotland over EU membership letter
Spain’s consul in Edinburgh says Madrid would not block Scotland’s EU accession.
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Scottish Labour backs second referendum and remaining in EU
Labour’s Scottish Executive Committee endorses call for another public vote.
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EU commissioner: Jeremy Hunt is a pure nationalist with no clue about history
Vytenis Andriukaitis challenges Tory leadership hopeful to debate him on EU and Soviet history.
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The EU’s 7 post-election green priorities
The European election pushed green priorities far up the agenda.
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Nigel Farage says Brexit Party will fight next general election
Party leader says his team should help to negotiate EU exit.
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