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5 May 2009

SP supports European Parliament vote to ban seal fur

The European parliament today voted at its plenary session in Strasbourg to ban trade in seal fur and other seal products. SP Euro-MP Kartika Liotard, who presented a number of amendments aimed at strengthening the original proposal, said that she was "delighted" by the vote. During the debate which preceded it, she presented the case for a total ban.

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4 May 2009

SP supports phasing out of tests on animals

On Tuesday 5th May the European Parliament will vote on the report from British Tory Neil Parish on the protection of animals used for scientific purposes. Parish's proposal aims to reduce the use and the suffering of laboratory animals, for example through the development of alternative test methods. The SP views the proposal as a step in the right direction, although it does not go far enough.

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2 May 2009

'SP offers a unique opportunity: left policies and less Brussels'

A few days ago the daily newspaper Trouw carried a graphic which ranked all Dutch political parties according to two criteria: more or less European integration, and – in social-economic terms – left or right. "This graphic confirmed what we have of course long known," says Dennis de Jong, number one candidate on the SP list for the European elections on June 4th . “The SP has a unique message. We are the only ones to combine less Brussels with left social-economic policies. The only ones! That means that if, as a voter, you say to yourself 'I want a humane and socially progressive policy without Brussels' neoliberal interference', then you can really only vote for one party, and that's the SP."

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1 May 2009

In April NATO celebrates its 60th anniversary with a Strasbourg Summit

Tiny Kox, Harry van Bommel and Karel Koster explain the SP's viewpoints in a number of articles.

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1 May 2009

For us the NATO debate has begun. What next?

by Senator Tiny Kox (SP)

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1 May 2009

“De Hoop Scheffer - Enough Already!”

An interview with Harry van Bommel, MP, SP parliamentary spokesman on foreign affairs

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