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27 September 2008

War between Georgia and Russia was result of political failure

The recent war between Georgia and Russia came about through political failure on the part of all of the authorities involved. None of them really appears to have wanted to avoid war. The war cost hundreds of lives and saw many more wounded, tens of thousands forced to flee, residential areas bombed flat, shops looted and villages systematically burned to the ground. And the worst relations between Russia, Europe and the United States since the end of the Cold War. This is what SP Senator Tiny Kox was able to confirm following a fact-finding mission to Russia, Georgia and South Ossetia.

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26 September 2008

Van Velzen alarmed over enforcement of ban on Chinese dairy produce

SP Member of Parliament Krista van Velzen is alarmed about the enforcement of the European import ban on products containing Chinese dairy produce. The Dutch Food and Food Products Authority (VWA) says that enforcement of the ban is causing the Authority problems because recent cuts have left it short of staff.

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25 September 2008

Cross-border health care

Kartika LiotardKartika Liotard is worried about the creeping liberalisation of health care via the back door of 'cross border patient mobility'.

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25 September 2008

Reduce CO2 from car exhausts (II)

“My congratulations go to the environment, my condolences to the car industry lobby” says SP Euro-MP Kartika Liotard in reaction to Thursday morning's vote in the European Parliament's Environment Committee. The SP was in favour of a standard emissions limit for new cars of 120 grams of CO2 per kilometre.

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25 September 2008

Make shipping safer

SP Euro-MP Erik Meijer wants to see an end brought as quickly as possible to the dangers and abuses which plague shipping. He spoke on the subject today in the European Parliament plenary debate: "In sea transport freedom of enterprise can lead to dangerous abuses."

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24 September 2008

Reduce CO2 from car exhausts

Tomorrow the Environment Committee of the European Parliament will vote on the legislative proposal fixing emission standards for private cars, including the number of grams of CO2 permissible in car exhausts. The measure is aimed at limiting the average carbon dioxide emissions from new vehicles. The EU's goal is to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases by 20% before 2020.

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