The political monitoring by the Belgian National Focal Point to the Convention on Biological Diversity is carried out on a periodic basis, with the goal of informing about political processes related to biodiversity in Belgium and the EU: the Chamber, the Senate, the Walloon Parliament, the Parliament of the Walloon-Brussels federation, the Flemish Parliament, the Brussels Parliament and the EU Parliament. An overview of topics discussed in the most recent monitorings is provided below, together with pdf versions of the monitoring documents that include links to reports of the discussions. Pdf copies of older political monitorings can be found under the files list on the right.
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Political Monitoring - 30 November 2023
La Chambre / De Kamer
1.16/11/2023 | Séance Plénière | Plenumvergadering | Page 8
- Question de Mme Laveleye à Mr Clarinval sur "Les pesticides contenant des PFAS"
- Vraag van Mv. Laveleye aan M. Clarinval over "PFAS in gewasbeschermingsmiddelen"
Parlement de Wallonie
2. 16/11/2023 | Séance plénière | Page 42
Question de Mme Ryckmans à M. Borsus sur "la décision du conseil européen sur la nouvelle autorisation du glyphosate pour 10 ans"
3. 14/11/2023 | Commission de l'agriculture | Page 93
Question de M. Fontaine à M. Borsus sur "le développement de l'agriculture biologique en Belgique"
Vlaams Parlement / Parlement Flamand
4. 21/11/2023 | Commissie voor het Leefmilieu en Natuur | here
Vraag van Mieke Schauvliege aan Zuhal Demir over "veenherstel in Vlaanderen"
5. 7/11/2023 | Commissie voor het Leefmilieu en Natuur | here
Vraag van Arnout Coel aan Zuhal Demir over "de opmars van Aziatische hoornaar"
Parlement Bruxellois / Brussels Parlement
6. 17/10/2023 | Séance plénière | Page 8
Question Mme Parmentier à Alain Maron concernant "le lancement par Bruxelles Mobilité et Bruxelles Environnement d’une campagne de plantation dans la zone minéralisée du canal"
EU Parliament
7. 22/11/2023 | Environment Committee | here
No majority in Parliament for legislation to curb use of pesticides
8. 22/11/2023 | Plenary session | here
Parliament adopts revamped rules to reduce, reuse and recycle packaging
9. 09/11/2023 | Environment Committee | here
EU Nature restoration law: MEPs strike deal to restore 20% of EU’s land and sea
