Vella elusive on fisheries and environmental policy

Karmenu Vella, the Maltese Commissioner-designate for Environment, Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, failed to impress a sceptical audience during his European Parliament confirmation hearing on the 29 September 2014, according to EurActiv.

Opposition over the merging of Environment with Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, which until then had been separate portfolios, was vivid prior to the hearings.

• Primary Source

ESO: Background information: European Commission 2014 - 2019 - Parliamentary Hearings, September - October 2014 http://www.europeansources.info/record/european-commission-2014-2019-parliamentary-hearings-september-october-2014-this-time-its-different-parliamentary-hearings-2014/

European Parliament: Briefing: Karmenu Vella http://www.europarl.europa.eu/EPRS/Commissioner_hearings/EPRS-Briefing-538933-Environment-maritime-affairs-and-fisheries-FINAL.pdf

European Parliament: Environment and Fisheries committees: Hearing: Karmenu Vella http://www.elections2014.eu/en/new-commission/hearing/20140917HEA64701

Times of Malta, 29.09.14: Vella gets praise and criticism after three-hour grilling by MEPs http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20140929/local/updated-video-reactions-vella-gets-praise-and-criticism-after-three-hour-grilling-by-meps.537740

EurActiv, 24.10.14: German environmentalists sour on new Commissioner Vella http://www.euractiv.com/sections/eu-priorities-2020/german-environmentalists-sour-new-commissioner-vella-309461

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