Thursday, October 9, 2014

Former oil Executive confirmed as the new European Commissioner for environment

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Not even half a million people who signed a petition against Miguel Arias Canete managed to prevent the Spanish politician was appointed European Commissioner for environment. According to Green, the former Business Executive and shareholders of two Spanish oil companies benefited from a pact between the center-left and right-wing parties, which saw the former Prime Minister of Slovakia, Alenka Bratusek, excluded for the post.

However, and according to the site, the agreement meant that the words "sustainability, climate action and energy" were added to the functions of Frans Timmermans, who was appointed to the post of First Vice-President of the Commission and, in practice, is head of Cañete.

Like Green Savers announced in September, Cañete has shares of Ducor S.L. and Petrologis Canarias S.L. at the date of your last declaration of interests, in 2010. The appointment of the politician, who was Minister of agriculture in Spain, was criticized by several members of the Committee on the environment, including the German Jo Leinen.

More recently, a petition launched on Avaaz tried pressing the European Commission to rename your responsible for Environment folder, without success. "Today, MEPs have betrayed our hopes and put a ' head-to-head ' oil in front of Police European Climate," said Luis Morago, campaigns director of Avaaz. "The leaders of the Socialists and Democrats broke their promises and none heard European voters".

Yesterday, it is recalled, the European Union approved public funding for a nuclear power station at Hinkley Point, United Kingdom, allowing a whole new trend of building this infrastructure with public money.

Photo: José Loaiza / Creative Commons

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