MEPs being excluded from vote on changes to dangerous chemicals law says Boylan

Sinn Féin MEP Lynn Boylan has criticised the European Commission for planning to exclude the parliament from a reform of an important safety law.

This law was supposed to focus on how a number of chemicals are assessed in terms of their impact on public health and the environment.

However, this shows that the focus of Ursula von der Leyen, who serves as head of the European Commission has shifted fully to looking after big businesses and their profits, remarked Boylan

The Sinn Féin MEP for Dublin said that dressing up ‘de-regulation’ as simply ‘cutting red tape’ has been a feature of some of the most dangerous proposals of the current European Commission.

This includes the omnibus proposals from the EU, which would reduce obligations on businesses like data centres to record and report their emissions, or the more “sinister” proposals to gut the EU’s own ‘Business and Human Rights Law’ according to Lynn.

“The EU’s push for de-regulation is a real concern, and it’s more concerning that they’re trying to push through this latest instance by excluding the parliament” Lynn said.

“It’s been clear for some time that Von Der Leyen and her Commission are only interested in supporting big businesses, and are using ‘cutting red tape’ as a smokescreen to let them get any and all regulations that these corporations object to.

“MEPs need to realise the very real, and serious long-term implications of what the commission is trying to do and fight back hard against it at every opportunity.”