European Parliament elects British Liberal Democrat MEP as chair of the PECH committee

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European Parliament elects British Liberal Democrat MEP as chair of the PECH committee

15 July 2019
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Last week, the European Parliament's committees held their constitutive meetings and elected their Chairs.

The Renew Europe Group will preside over four parliamentary committees: Pascal Canfinwill chair the committee on environment, public health and food safety (ENVI), Lucy Nethsingha the committee on legal affairs (JURI), Chris Davies the fisheries committee (PECH) and Nathalie Loiseau will be Chair of the subcommittee on security and defence (SEDE).

Pascal Canfin (Renaissance, France), Chair of ENVI, said today:

"The environment committee will have a decisive role to play in the next five years. Our generation is the first to have all the solutions at hand, but also the last to be able to act in order to avoid the worst case scenario. I hope that we know how to come together, wherever we come from, and that we live up to the expectations of the European citizens."

Lucy Nethsingha (LibDem, UK), Chair of JURI, said:

"I am excited and honoured to have been elected chair of the JURI Committee. I am determined the Legal Affairs Committee will play a key role in providing legal certainty and stability for the European Union, while advancing rights for Europe's citizens and addressing the central issues of our time, such as Environmental crime."