On Monday 9 February, European Parliament’s Committee on the Environment, Climate and Food Safety elected MEP Pierfrancesco Maran (S&D, Italian) as its new chair, by a secret ballot.
Following the vote, Mr Maran stressed the “great responsibility and honour” that this position represents, calling for continued implementation of the “European Green Deal”, which he described as a “freedom deal” strengthening European autonomy through energy and resource independence. He...