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European Commission Told By Politicians To Clear The Way For Continental Cannabis Reform
Business for Cannabis Monday 03 Jul 2023 For the first time in its history the European Parliament held a debate on cannabis in a session called the ‘Legalisation of Personal Use of Cannabis: Exchange of Best Practices’. The event had been co-sponsored by four of the seven main European political blocks representing almost 50% of the Parliament’s 705 elected members. Held in the Brussels headquarters, it was chaired by Irish politician Luke Flanagan, a Member of the European Parliament (MEP), who sent the following message to the European Union’s regulatory overlords the European Commission. ‘Get Out Of The Way’ “The importance of this gathering is not so much what we can get the European Commission to do, it’s more to see that they don’t get in the way and hinder this process. “We don’t have competence over this area but it seems the Commission has the power to throw spanners in the spokes when countries try to do it. “The best thing we can achieve is to make sure we all know what is being told to us by the Commission – and that this is consistent – so we all know exactly what is going on. “As MEPs we cannot directly change the law but what we can do is make sure that for any state looking to go down this route, it is made as easy as possible.” The debate had been co-organised by Czech politician Mikuláš Peksa, Chairperson of the European Pirate Party, which is part of the Greens/European Free Alliance parliamentary bloc, with 73 MEPs. Also supporting the event were the second largest bloc in the parliament; the Socialists and Democrats, with 143 members from 26 EU countries. As well as the centre-right bloc, the European Conservatives and Reformists Group and the Left bloc, who between them have around 100 MEPs. The hearing featured speakers from Germany, Ireland and Czechia; countries which are all examining proposals to reform their domestic cannabis laws. Tomas Sadilek, who is helping the Czech government draft its cannabis laws, explained that a majority of people in his home country were in favour of reform and he recapped its on-going effort to create a regulated market. https://businessofcannabis.com/european-commission-told-by-politicians-to-clear-the-way-for-continental-cannabis-reform/
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