Is still transparency a true fundamental right in the EU? Are the myriad of public consultations under the ‘have your say’ method something more than a trap to get distracted? Comitology laws For easy understanding, the so-called comitology is a particular decision-making procedure in the EU that consists of granting the European Commission powers […]
Explanation of the Judgment of 15 February 2023 of the General Court of the EU, in case T-77/22 Asesores Comunitarios v European Commission, with the intervention of the Kingdom of Spain. Introduction Spain’s Recovery and Resilience Plan is not known. It was neither published by the Spanish government nor by the institutions in charge […]
Outsourcing is a technique of appointing another for a specific task. In private business, it consists in setting specific third-party to give services previously done by the company’s staff. Regarding public administration, outsourcing equally exists but there is a risk of conflict between private and public interests. Recent publications by the EU Ombudsman and the […]
How to lobby the EU now to seize future opportunities? The EU has just launched the discussion on the future regulation on ecodesign of products in the middle of the energy crisis and scarcity of raw materials. Sectors like construction, transport or packaging will see their regulatory landscape shaped by this new act which aims […]
As we announced last January (‘Understanding EU comitology: how to avoid dying in the attempt’), yesterday, 7 July, the European Parliament could not reach the necessary absolute majority of 353 Members to reject the Delegated Act including gas and nuclear among the sustainable activities under the taxonomy classification. Surrendered to what the European Parliament uses […]
MOBILITY NEGOTIATED ONCE AGAIN IN THE SHADOWS OF EU COMITOLOGY As it already happened when defining which activities were sustainable (see previous’ post: Understanding EU comitology: how to avoid dying in the attempt | Alonso Asociados), new mobility by means of renewable fuels like hydrogen will be defined by two EU legislation issued from […]
Could the 9th May, Europe Day, share the date with a European common voting day in the near future? The report adopted on Tuesday 3rd May 2022 by the European Parliament on the introduction of transnational lists of candidates for the European Parliament could make this and other changes a reality if it becomes law […]
Are gas and nuclear sustainable sources of energy? Understanding EU comitology: how to avoid dying in the attempt The consideration of gas and nuclear as ‘sustainable’ activities by the European Commission has brought up not only a hot debate on the merits (pros and cons) but also, and particularly, on EU’s decision-taking process on […]
The Regulation 1049/2001 on public access to documents of the Commission, Parliament and Council has celebrated this year its 20th anniversary. It was born in the spirit of placing the transparency of the European institutions at the centre of the debate and has since then proven itself to be an effective piece of legislation. The […]
SPEECH ON THE STATE OF THE UNION The #SOTEU (State Of The Union Speech) pronounced by the European Commission President, Ursula von der Leyen has brought up many topics that her mandate will try to pursue in 2022 showing the way to business and civil society associations to build up their upcoming. After which she […]
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