Bart Staes

De Europese Commissie moet het klimaatbeleid koppelen aan een serieuze aanpak van belastingfraude en -ontwijking, vindt Bart Staes.

With €365 billion between 2021-2027 the Common Agricultural Policy will continue to represent the second biggest budget of the EU. The CAP’s objectives remain largely unchanged since 1962 and need to be radically reviewed if we want them to reflect social demands and the finite environmental limits, write a group of Green MEPs. Maria Heubuch, Martin Hausling, Thomas Waitz, José Bové and Bart Staes are members of the European Parliament for the Greens – European Free Alliance.

The European Union cannot keep turning a blind eye to the flood of illegal chemicals, writes Bart Staes. Bart Staes is a Belgian Member of the European Parliament for the Greens/EFA group. He is co-rapporteur in the Special Committee on Pesticides in the European Parliament. At least one third of the 1,814 high production volume (more than 1,000 tons per year) chemicals made or imported into Europe since 2010 are in breach of the European Chemicals Regulation (REACH) and thus illegal under EU law.