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Archive for 2007

Green MEP Wins EU Health Plan Recognition For Alternative Medicine

Friday, July 13th, 2007 | Press Release
13 July 2007 - Green MEP Caroline Lucas has won EU recognition for alternative medicine in the EU’s health Plan, [...]

Lib-Dem U-Turn Undermines EU On Human Rights, Say Green MEPs

Friday, July 13th, 2007 | Press Release
13 July 2007 - British Green MEPs Jean Lambert and Caroline Lucas have hit out at the Liberal Democrats for [...]

Green MEP Receives Double Media Accolade

Thursday, July 12th, 2007 | Press Release
12 July 2007 - Two Influential polls have named Green Party MEP Caroline Lucas as a leading opinion former and [...]

Written Declaration - Light Bulbs

Saturday, June 30th, 2007 | In the Parliament
Caroline’s written declaration about banning non energy efficient light bulbs 2007 This was supported by 193 other MEPs. Read more about written [...]

70% Of EU Citizens Are Opposed To GM Crops, MEP Tells Conference

Wednesday, June 13th, 2007 | Press Release
13 June 2007 - The unelected European Commission is undermining EU democracy by supporting GM crops and foodstuffs despite the [...]

Emissions Trading Will Fail To Stop EU Flying Into Climate Disaster, MEP Warns Summit

Wednesday, June 13th, 2007 | Press Release
13 June 2007 - Emissions trading will fail to curb aviation’s growing contribution to climate change sufficiently, Green Party MEP [...]

MEP Lambasts Sponsor At Climate Conference And Calls Climate Change A Security - Not Just An Environmental - Issue

Monday, June 11th, 2007 | Press Release
11 June 2007 - Green MEP and ‘politician of the year’ Caroline Lucas has hit out at the main sponsor [...]

Hastings-Bexhill Link Road Unnecessary, Ineffective And Unwelcome Says Green MEP

Friday, June 8th, 2007 | Press Release
8 June 2007 - Proposals to spend nearly £90m widening the A27 near Hastings and Bexhill will destroy the Combe [...]

Lucas Beats Off Brown And Cameron To Title of ‘Politician Of The Year’

Friday, June 8th, 2007 | Press Release
8 June 2007 - Green Party Euro-MP Caroline Lucas has beaten Gordon Brown and David Cameron to be named ‘politician [...]

Written Questions - WTO

Thursday, June 7th, 2007 | In the Parliament
The EU textiles industry, China and the WTO Clothing and Textiles Agreement 2007 Response (includes some debate in Italian) WTO/GATS 1999 Response

Written Questions - Nuclear Weapons

Sunday, June 3rd, 2007 | In the Parliament
Oral Question - the renewal of UK and French nuclear weapons 2005 Oral Question - Trident 2005 Oral Question - Non-Proliferation Treaty [...]

Written Declaration - Novartis

Wednesday, May 30th, 2007 | In the Parliament
Caroline’s written declaration about the Novartis trial against the Indian government 2007 This was supported by 97 other MEPs Read more about [...]

South East MEP Says Israel Must End Occupation Of Palestine

Friday, May 11th, 2007 | Press Release
11 May 2007 - Green Party Euro-MP Caroline Lucas has called on Israel to end the occupation of Palestine and [...]

MEPs Appoint Dr Lucas As Co-Ordinator Of New Climate Change Committee

Friday, May 11th, 2007 | Press Release
11 May 2007 - The European Parliament has voted to establish a temporary climate change committee to co-ordinate MEPs work [...]

Plenary - Palestine

Thursday, May 3rd, 2007 | Speech
Caroline has spoken in the European Parliament about the situation in Palestine and the wider Middle East on a number [...]

Written Questions - Environmental Impacts of Aviation

Monday, April 30th, 2007 | In the Parliament
Air Transport and the Environment 2002 Response  Response from the Commission to a written question about Cliffe Airport 2003 Emissions Trading Scheme For [...]

South East MEP In Palestine To Meet President Abbas

Friday, April 27th, 2007 | Press Release
27 April 2007 - Euro-MP Caroline Lucas will call for the full restoration of EU financial payments to the Palestinian [...]

Green MEP Calls For EU-Wide Primate Test Ban

Thursday, April 26th, 2007 | Press Release
26 April 2007 - Green Euro-MP Caroline Lucas has called for an immediate EU-wide ban on all scientific experiments [...]

MEPs’ ‘Travelling Circus’ Emits More CO2 Than Some Nations, Say Greens

Wednesday, April 25th, 2007 | Press Release
25 April 2007 - A new study commissioned by Caroline Lucas MEP has revealed the huge environmental cost of the [...]

MEPs Back Green Calls For Wolfowitz To Be Sacked After World Bank Corruption Scandal

Wednesday, April 25th, 2007 | Press Release
25 April 2007 - Euro-MPs in Strasbourg have supported a Green proposal calling on the EU Presidency to push for [...]

Green MEP Lucas More In Tune With Voters Than Blair, Brown Or Miliband, Poll Finds

Wednesday, April 25th, 2007 | Press Release
25 April 2007 - Voters feel they have more in common with Green Party MEP Caroline Lucas than any leading [...]

Green Euro-MP Hears Of Soton’s Airport Woes In Visit To City

Wednesday, April 18th, 2007 | Press Release
18 April 2007 - Green MEP Caroline Lucas will today urge Southampton airport to listen the city’s residents who are [...]

Correspondence about Avian Flu

Wednesday, April 18th, 2007 | Correspondence
Letter to the European Commission about the avian flu outbreak in Suffolk 2007                  Response Letter to the [...]

Greening the European Parliament

Thursday, April 12th, 2007 | Report
 A report by the Green/EFA Group in the European Parliament, based on research by Dr John Whitelegg.  Greening the European Parliament  

Green MEP To Address Students at South Downs College

Thursday, April 12th, 2007 | Press Release
12 April 2007 - Hampshire MEP Caroline Lucas will speak to students at South Downs College in Portsmouth about the [...]

MEPs Vote To Ban Sale Of Cat And Dog Fur In EU

Thursday, April 12th, 2007 | Press Release
12 April 2007 - Green Party MEP Caroline Lucas has today welcomed a vote by the European Parliament’s Internal Market [...]

Green Euro-MP To Visit Farm Project In New Forest

Thursday, April 12th, 2007 | Press Release
12 April 2007 - Green Euro-MP Caroline Lucas is to try for herself the results of a pioneering local growing [...]

Peak Oil Is Fuelling A Food Crisis, Warns Transition Town’s MEP On Visit to Lewes

Wednesday, April 11th, 2007 | Press Release
11 April 2007 - Dwindling oil stocks and EU trade and energy policies threaten food price hikes – and could [...]

Lucas To Speak On Climate Change At Relaunch Of Isle Of Wight Green Party

Wednesday, April 4th, 2007 | Press Release
4 April 2007 - Isle of Wight MEP Caroline Lucas will spell out the dangers of climate change and the [...]

MEP Slates Government As CO2 Emissions Hit Highest Level Since 1997

Thursday, March 29th, 2007 | Press Release
29 March 2007 - The UK ‘S greenhouse gas emissions are continuing to rise, according to figures released by the [...]

(Listen & Watch) No Attacks on Iran

Sunday, March 25th, 2007 | Speech
People’s Assembly - March 2007  

Trident - Various speeches from 2001 onwards

Friday, March 23rd, 2007 | Speech
In 2001 Caroline was arrested and charged in connection with peacefully protesting against Trident at the Faslane nuclear base, Scotland. [...]

Euro-MP Leads Debates On Nuclear Weapons And Food Security At Green Party Spring Conference

Tuesday, March 20th, 2007 | Press Release
20 March 2007 - Euro-MP Caroline Lucas is sponsoring debates on nuclear weapons and the links between ‘Peak Oil’ and [...]

MEP Calls For ‘Technology Transfer’ To Develop Iran’s Potential in Renewable Energy

Tuesday, March 20th, 2007 | Press Release
20 March 2007 - UK foreign policy is driving Iran towards nuclear weapons and could lead to a nuclear catastrophe [...]

EU At 50: MEP Proposes New Big Idea For Europe In ‘Alternative Berlin Declaration’

Thursday, March 15th, 2007 | Press Release
15 March 2007 - The European Union needs a new Big Idea at its heart in order to reconnect with [...]

MEP Warns: ‘ London Fringe’ Nature Sites Face Over-Development Threat

Wednesday, March 14th, 2007 | Press Release
14 March 2007 - Green MEP Caroline Lucas has warned that the regional assembly’s plans to build tens of thousands [...]

MEP Demands EU Stops Stalling On Seal Fur Ban

Wednesday, March 14th, 2007 | Press Release
14 March 2007 - The EU Commission is refusing to implement MEPs’ wishes and immediately ban the import of seal [...]

Green Euro-MP Condemns Decision To Update UK’s Nuclear WMDs As ‘Illegal, Immoral And Obscenely Expensive’

Wednesday, March 14th, 2007 | Press Release
14 March 2007 - Today’s expected decision to replace the UK ’s Trident nuclear weapons system is illegal, immoral, obscenely [...]

‘Western Corridor’ Nature Sites Face Over-Development Threat, Warns Green MEP

Wednesday, March 14th, 2007 | Press Release
14 March 2007 - Green Euro-MP Caroline Lucas has warned that the regional assembly’s plans to build 89,000 homes in [...]

Nappy Subsidies Could Boost Local Economies, Says Green MEP In Support Of ‘Real Nappy Week 2007′

Tuesday, March 13th, 2007 | Press Release
13 March 2007 - Green MEP Caroline Lucas has called for public subsidies for washable nappies and nappy laundering – [...]