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3 September 2008

Compulsory tendering of schoolbooks is costing schools money which could be better spent

In both the European Parliament and the national parliament in The Hague, the SP has now raised the matter of the obligatory putting out to tender of schoolbooks. Euro-MP Erik Meijer wants to know what Brussels is going to do to lighten this administrative and legal burden on schools.

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3 September 2008

No Means No: ‘The Treaty is dead’

He came from Ireland solely to explain to the Euro-MPs flooding in to hear him that the Irish 'No' meant 'No'. "The Treaty is dead," he said some five times, because there are even now politicians who believe the Irish people's decision was a piece of advice from which you can deviate. The Irish pronounced themselves, in June 2008 in a completely clear fashion, to be against the Treaty of Lisbon. "They seem to be immune to the ballot box" sighed Declan Ganley. There are politicians who have developed resistance to citizens who think differently to them, to the extent that they are immune to disappointing election results.

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2 September 2008

SP Euro-MP calls for ban on cloned meat

The European Food Safety Authority‭ (‬EFSA‭) ‬has demonstrated it:‭ ‬a study by the body charged with ensuring that food sold to the public in the twenty-seven EU member states is safe to eat has shown that a significant proportion of cloned animals experience adverse effects.‭ ‬Despite this,‭ ‬the European Commission is trying to sneak recognition of meat from cloned animals as an approved foodstuff in through the back door.‭ ‬The Commission wants to use the new EU Regulation on Novel Foods to add cloned meat to Europe's menu.‭

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29 August 2008

The SP in Europe

Current European issues and the SP's approach – Important items on next week's European Parliament Plenary Agenda

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28 August 2008

Canada's lame excuses for cruel seal hunt

Members of the European Parliament received this week in their post a lobbying document from the Canadian government. The Canadians are unhappy about the Netherlands' desire to see an import ban on seal products. SP Euro-MP Kartika Liotard has been at the forefront of campaigning in the European Parliament for a ban on the trade in seal fur. The European Commission's proposal on the issue still leaves quite a bit to be done and Canada is really pulling out the stops to find aspects of international regulations which will enable it to fight such a ban.

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28 August 2008

The Brussels Grab Bag

Floods of subsidies flow from Brussels to the 27 member states and to countries which are in the process of joining the EU. For the latter, this 'pre-accession support' is aimed at strengthening the infrastructure and economy of the candidate member states so that they can keep their end up in the European competitive battle and, to look at it from the other end, so that the existing member states can more easily market their products there. Thus far, no problem, merely a demonstration that the EU is in essence an economic project, one in which in the end we are primarily promoting trade with each other.

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