News of EU Commision Stalemate at present..

[davetherayon]

Dec 4, 2013 7:24:36 GMT GunJack said:

kibbster think it's because the Lithuanian presidency ends for 2014, new bods in post...

Yes, Greece takes over the Presidency in 2014 and will be much less anti-ecigs for sure. From Rebecca Taylor MEP's blog (http://rebeccataylormep.blogspot.co.uk/) :

There is now serious time pressure to get the TPD concluded under the current Lithuanian Presidency of the EU and not to run into the Greek Presidency (which starts in January 2014), as Greece is Europe's biggest tobacco producer with a rather weak record on tobacco control.