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According to SP Member of Parliament and finance spokesman Ewout Irrgang, the new European accord once again represents no kind of solution for Greece. ‘Cancelling 53% of the debt to banks might perhaps two years ago have been enough,’ says Irrgang. ‘But since then so much debt has been added, that this alleged solution is merely more muddling through for the Greeks and the entire Eurozone.’

To have a family life, even if one’s partner lives in another country, is a human right. The European Union must defend this right in the face of the policies of Dutch Christian Democrat Immigration and Asylum Minister Gerd Leers’ policy on family reunification, said SP Euro-MP Dennis de Jong during this morning’s debate on the issue in the European Parliament. ‘Leers is a Christian Democrat,’ said De Jong, ‘and they have always seen the family as the cornerstone of society. So it’s incomprehensible that he of all people should be responsible for despair amongst loved ones who want to live with each other in the Netherlands. In my view it’s completely un-Christian.’