After a long summer break I am returning back to this EU-CO-LOGIC blog with the prospect of having more to write about in the next months when the Portuguese Presidency will start new debates on the “Reform Treaty” [see EurActiv LinksDossier].
Not that I have many illusions though. The kind of fundamental changes that I am [...]
Archive for the ‘Climate change’ Category
Waiting for the Reform Treaty debate
Posted in Climate change, Reform Treaty, Sustainability, Sustainable Development on 28 August, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
CAP “health check” or “eco-sustainability check”?
Posted in Climate change, Common Agricultural Policy, EU energy policy, Eco-competitiveness on 20 July, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
In November 2007, the European Commission is due to present its first ideas on what has been called the 2008 “health check” of the EU’s common agricultural policy (CAP).
The phrase “health check” has been carefully chosen to prevent any fears that the Commission will start a new “review” of its most controversial policy area. [...]
Strong climate policies do not need a new EU treaty
Posted in Climate change, Eu Constitution, European Commission on 1 June, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Do we need a new European treaty in order to save our climate? EU President Barroso certainly seems to think so.
According to today’s Financial Times, the Commission President has warned future UK prime minister Gordon Brown not to block a compromise deal on a watered-down European treaty. If the UK would fail to agree to [...]
A carbon-neutral parliament is not enough
Posted in Climate change, European Parliament, European Union on 23 May, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
It is amazing what media attention can do. Now that all of them have seen the green light (or is it the “inconventient truth”?), politicians are trying to compete for becoming the climate champion of the year, the “EU Al Gore”. If ever the thesis about our “spectacle” democracy needed any confirmation, we can find [...]
The missed opportunity of the 2007 Berlin Declaration
Posted in Climate change, European Union, Resource scarcity, Sustainable Development on 20 May, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
In a comment to the first post of this blog, Raymond van Ermen wrote the following:
“The Berlin Declaration celebrating the EU’s 50th anniversary is very disappointing for two reasons :
o In January 2007, President Barroso named sustainability as one of the EU’s five key values, to be enshrined in the Berlin Declaration celebrating the EU’s [...]
