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27 July 2001

MEP Erik Meijer: ‘Pronk is not the saviour of the Kyoto treaty’

‘All 180 participating countries gave minister Pronk a standing ovation at he closing meeting’, a Dutch newspaper reported at the final day of the climate summit in Bonn. Member of the European Parliament for the SP Erik Meijer sees no reason to join in the applause. ‘Kyoto has been reduced to almost nothing.’

11 May 2001

Stop killing healthy animals

Export of meat and animal products from areas that have been infected with Foot and Mouths Disease and where animals have been vaccinated is allowed. Thus says the Animal Health Code 2000. All the more reason to stop the killing of healthy animals this very instance, says socialist MP Remi Poppe.

11 May 2001

SP opposes new euthanasia law

The Socialist Party has voted against the new euthanasia bill. Though the SP is not opposed to euthanasia in general, the new law broadens the possibilities too much to the taste of the party. Socialist member of the Houseof Representatives Agnes Kant explains.

12 October 2000

Friday the thirteenth: this government means bad luck for civilization

Next Friday, the thirteenth of October, people shouldnt worry about black cats, but rather about the decisions the government will take that day. Those are much more dangerous for society, SP chairman Marijnissen says in a nationwide radio broadcast.

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