Commitments made at the hearing of Virginijus SINKEVIČIUS, Commissioner-designate - Environment, Oceans and Fisheries
Briefing
22-11-2019
The commissioner-designate, Virginijus Sinkevičius, appeared before the European Parliament on 3 October 2019 to answer questions put by MEPs from the Committees on ENVI and PECH. During the hearing, he made a number of commitments which are highlighted in this document. These commitments refer to his portfolio, as described in the mission letter sent to him by Ursula von der Leyen, President-elect of the European Commission, including conserving Europe’s natural environment and prosperous and sustainable fishing and a thriving blue economy.
Briefing
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- AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY AND FISHERIES
- appointment of members
- biodiversity
- circular economy
- common fisheries policy
- deterioration of the environment
- economic policy
- ECONOMICS
- ENVIRONMENT
- environmental policy
- environmental protection
- EU institutions and European civil service
- European Commissioner
- European Parliament
- EUROPEAN UNION
- fisheries
- natural environment
- oral question
- parliament
- parliamentary proceedings
- plastic waste
- POLITICS
- public hearing
- reduction of gas emissions
- sustainable fisheries