Oliver Moore: Regulation being ‘de-Europeanised’

The EU Organic regulation saga is a mirror of other developments at EU level.

There has been a process of de-Europeanisation of legislation and power. The CAP reform and the more recent GM regulatory situation — whereby member states can opt-out or opt-in — both confirm this.

For internal EU affairs, the Council of Ministers are the most powerful of the three main legislative power blocks in Europe — the Commission, European Parliament and Council.