European Report Archive
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European Report March 2013
From DAVID MARTIN MEP March 2013 Call for ‘Country-of-Origin’ labelling in wake of horsemeat scandal One upside of the recent horse-meat...
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European Report January 2013
From DAVID MARTIN MEP January 2013 Irish Presidency begins With the beginning of the New Year, Ireland takes over the...
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European Report October 2012
From DAVID MARTIN MEP October 2012 Vital ‘breathing space’ achieved for agreements with developing countries Since an old system...
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European Report July 2012
From DAVID MARTIN MEPJuly 2012 Wednesday 4 July sees historic vote on ACTA As the Rapporteur for the highly controversial Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) – the international treaty to...
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European Report April/May 2012
APRIL/MAY 2012 ACTA – the Anti Counterfeiting Trade Agreement In February I was appointed rapporteur for the parliamentary report on the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) - an international treaty with...
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European Report February 2012
FEBRUARY 2012 Socialist Schulz new President of the European Parliament The left in Europe has warmly welcomed the election of Martin Schulz, the former leader of the Socialist & Democratic...
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European Report June 2011
JUNE 2011 EP stands firm on animal welfare in EU/Canada trade agreement Socialists and Democrats this month welcomed the negotiation of an EU trade agreement with Canada...
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European Report February 2011
FEBRUARY 2011 European trade unions attack EU-IMF rescue packages Social dialogue and collective bargaining are under attack within the European Union (EU). In a letter sent to EU Commissioner...
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European Report December 2010
David Martin MEP, December 2010 UK ideological opposition to EU budget In reporting on the UK rant against an increase in the European Union (EU) budget it was claimed, in...
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European Report September 2010
David Martin MEP, September 2010 Parliament condemns French ‘anti-Gypsy policy’ as racist This month in Strasbourg, the European Parliament issued an ‘extraordinary denunciation’ of France, telling the right wing government...
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European Report, August 2008
French Presidency priorities lack social dimension When Nicolas Sarkozy laid out the French Presidency priorities for the next six months before the European Parliament he missed a golden opportunity to...
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European Report June 2008
Anti-discrimination law for all Labour MEPs in the European Parliament have been successful in calling on the European Commission to honour the pledge it gave in its 2008 Annual Programme...
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European Report May 2008
David Martin MEP, May 2008 MEPs urge EU-wide alert system for missing children Last month the parents of Madeleine McCann attended the launch of a European Parliament Written Declaration ‘on...
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European Report April 2008
Policy, not gesture, for progress on Tibet “We do not need a gesture, we need a coherent policy” was the concluding statement of Pasqualina Napoletano MEP speaking for the Socialist Group in the...
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European Report February 2008
20-20-20 VISION ON CLIMATE CHANGE COULD BOOST SCOTTISH JOBS The European Commission President used a special sitting of the European Parliament in Brussels to present an ambitious new...
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European Report January 2008
I would like to take this opportunity to wish all the readers of this European Report a Happy New Year and to share with you my aspirations for 2008. This...
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European Report November 2007
NO ‘REWIND BUTTON’ ON CLIMATE CHANGE AHEAD OF POST KYOTO TALKS With the Kyoto limits on greenhouse gases due to expire in 2012, the debate on what should replace them...
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European Report October 2007
“STUB IT OUT” – MEASURES TO HELP YOUNG SMOKERS QUIT The European Parliament’s Environment Committee overwhelmingly voted in favour of a report that seeks to put in place wide-ranging restrictions...
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European Report September 2007
CONCERN OVER ALCOHOL, ALCOPOS AND BINGE DRINKING Over the last few months I have been working with colleagues in the Environment Committee on a report designed to aid Member States...
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European Report July 2007
EU LEADERS TO DRAFT REFORM TREATY TO REPLACE CONSTITUTION European Union (EU) leaders meeting at the European Council Summit in Brussels have agreed on proposals for a new...
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