Archive for 2009

Lucas Appeals For Halt To Imminent Afghan Deportations

Wednesday, October 7th, 2009 | Press Release
07 October 2009 - A charter plane due to transport Afghan asylum seekers in France back to the war torn [...]

Resurgence - Resilience and Climate Change

Saturday, October 3rd, 2009 | Speech
Resilience and Climate Change - autumn 2009

Don’t punish Vestas workers for defending green jobs

Tuesday, September 29th, 2009 |
Five Vestas workers are in court in Newport and Southampton today to face charges over their involvement in the campaign in [...]

Written Questions - Bird Protection

Friday, September 25th, 2009 | In the Parliament
  Kaliakra wind farm, Bulgaria 2008 Illegal bird trapping in Cyprus 2006      Response Temporary ban on wild bird imports 2006 Permanent ban on wild [...]

No more tax havens!

Thursday, September 24th, 2009 |
Earlier today, I joined with colleagues in the European Parliament to sign a letter to President Obama in support of his pledge to [...]

South East Green Euro-MP To Head Up Influential Animal Welfare Group

Wednesday, September 23rd, 2009 | Press Release
23 September 2009 - Dr Caroline Lucas, Green Euro-MP for the South East of England, has been named as the [...]

G20: ‘Now Or Never For Financial Reform’, Says Lucas

Wednesday, September 23rd, 2009 | Press Release
23 September 2009 - Commenting on the G20 summit taking place in Pittsburgh, USA, UK Green MEP Caroline Lucas said:

Green Euro-MP Voices Disgust At ‘Inhumane’ Raid On Calais Migrant Camp

Tuesday, September 22nd, 2009 | Press Release
22 September 2009 - British and French governments’ plot to deport ‘Jungle’ asylum seekers breaks EU human rights law, says [...]

My nomination for Euro-Parliament peace award

Thursday, September 17th, 2009 |
Nominations have opened for this year’s Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought, which recognizes the achievements of individuals and organizations in promoting [...]

Correspondence about Civil Liberties

Monday, September 14th, 2009 | Correspondence
Letter to the Home Office about the extradition of Gary McKinnon 2009 Letter to the European Commission about ban of Richard [...]

EU’s worrying U-turn over Honduras

Thursday, September 10th, 2009 |
The military coup which took place in Honduras on 28 June this year was 2009’s first such Central American coup. Following [...]

EU Playing Politics On Climate Finance Could Jeopardise UN Deal, Say Greens

Thursday, September 10th, 2009 | Press Release
10 September 2009 - The European Commission today published its proposals setting out a framework for financing of international climate [...]

More Women Needed At Top Of EU Government, Urges Green Euro-MP

Thursday, September 10th, 2009 | Press Release
10 September 2009 - Caroline Lucas also calls for quotas to bring more female workers into UK boardrooms

Addressing anti-NHS propaganda in the US healthcare debate

Wednesday, September 9th, 2009 |
The debate over President Obama’s valiant attempt to reform US healthcare continues to rage. Whether or not Obama can push through new [...]

Green Euro-MP To Join ‘Climate Rush’ At Bucks Eco School

Tuesday, September 8th, 2009 | Press Release
08 September 2009 - Caroline Lucas also to appear at Green Fayre in Kingsbury with Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall

Interview in today’s Metro

Wednesday, September 2nd, 2009 |
I was recently interviewed by a journalist writing for the Metro to discuss green politics and Green Party conference, which starts tomorrow. The interview appears [...]

Malalai Joya in the Independent

Tuesday, July 28th, 2009 |
Today’s Independent carries an excellent interview with the truly inspiring Afghan politician, Malalai Joya. Ms. Joya, an outspoken critic of [...]

Final steps towards the EU seal ban

Tuesday, July 28th, 2009 |
As one of the co-sponsors of the original Declaration calling for a ban on the import of seal products almost [...]

West Papua

Tuesday, July 28th, 2009 |
International Parliamentarians for West Papua (IPWP) was formed several months ago to promote justice and freedom for West Papua. Since [...]

The Guardian: Making the innocent pay - public spending and the Green New Deal

Sunday, July 26th, 2009 | Article
Slashing state spending to deal with the deficit needlessly sacrifices jobs and a greener future 27 July 2009 - The British [...]

Comment is Free - Guardian: Vestas is too vital to lose

Saturday, July 25th, 2009 | Article
24 July 2009 - The government must now put our money where its mouth was in the energy white paper [...]

Correspondence about Young People’s Human Rights

Friday, July 24th, 2009 | Correspondence
Letter to the European Commission about conditions in Romanian orphanages 2007 Response Letter to the European Commission about conditions in Bulgarian orphanages [...]

Correspondence about GM Crops and Food

Thursday, July 23rd, 2009 | Correspondence
Letter to the European Commission about GM rice crop LL62 May 2009 Response Letter to the European Commission about voting to oppose [...]

Right to protest

Wednesday, July 22nd, 2009 |
As the report into policing at Kingsnorth climate camp is published, I welcome the recognition that using tactics such as [...]

Written Questions - Taxation

Tuesday, July 21st, 2009 | In the Parliament
EU action on tax havens 2009 Response Agreement EU-Cariforum and tax havens 2009 Response Tax breaks/subsidies for American films made in the UK 2006 Response Oral [...]