Archive for 2009
Email to West Berkshire Council objecting to plans to develop the nuclear facility at AWE Burghfield, February 2009
Letter asking the [...]
***Gaza Needs Trust, Not Just Aid - Caroline writing for the Guardian’s Comment is Free***
Tuesday, March 3rd, 2009 | Article
Comment is free
03 March 2009
Gaza needs trust, not just aid
If Palestinians are able to put together a government of genuine [...]
Environment Ministers Defy Euro-Commission To Keep Bans On GM Crops
Monday, March 2nd, 2009 | Press Release
02 March 2009 - EU environment ministers today overwhelmingly rejected a European Commission proposal to force Austria and Hungary to [...]
Green MEP Calls For Urgent Political Solution To Conflict On Return From Euro-Parliament Visit To Gaza
Monday, March 2nd, 2009 | Press Release
02 March 2009 - Following a four-day visit to Gaza and the West Bank with a European Parliament delegation, Green [...]
An afternoon in Hebron
Friday, February 27th, 2009 |
A revolving turnstile-like metal gate, topped by spikes, with barely enough room for one person at a time to pass [...]
Bethlehem
Friday, February 27th, 2009 |
Today I met Abla, a young Palestinian woman who lives in a village just outside Bethlehem. She has 12 older [...]
Water Fluoridation Scheme To Set ‘Worrying Precedent’, Says Southampton’s Green MEP
Friday, February 27th, 2009 | Press Release
27 February 2009 - Southampton’s Green MEP Dr Caroline Lucas has slammed the decision to fluoridate the water supply in [...]
Bearing witness in Gaza
Thursday, February 26th, 2009 |
After what seemed like a very short night, we left Jerusalem at 6am to travel to Gaza, still unsure of [...]
Palestine
Wednesday, February 25th, 2009 |
I’m in Palestine this week with a delegation from the European Parliament. On our first evening, we meet with both [...]
Putting the comedy into economy…
Tuesday, February 24th, 2009 |
I joined comedian, campaigner and all round good guy Mark Thomas last night for a lively discussion on the economy and the implosion [...]
Correspondence about West Papua
Monday, February 23rd, 2009 | Correspondence
Letter to the European Commission about the detention of two human rights activists in West Papua 2009
Response
Response from the Foreign [...]
Hampshire’s Green Euro-MP Calls For Urgent Measures To Prevent More “Toxic TV” Waste Abuses
Thursday, February 19th, 2009 | Press Release
19 February 2009 - Hampshire’s Green MEP has written to the European Commission to call for urgent action on the [...]
Written Questions - Energy
Thursday, February 19th, 2009 | In the Parliament
EU Funding for Energy Efficiency 2009
Response
Kaliakra wind farm, Bulgaria 2008
Response
The Finite Nature of Energy Sources 2006
Response
The Commission’s Position On Concerns About [...]
Written Declaration - Corporate Abuse of European Employment Law
Wednesday, February 18th, 2009 | In the Parliament
Following disputes at the Lindsey Oil Refinery and key European Court of Justice rulings in the Viking, Laval and other [...]
Oxford’s MEP Joins Students To Present University’s Vice-Chancellor With Giant Heart Urging Him To ‘Go Green’
Tuesday, February 17th, 2009 | Press Release
17 February 2009 - Oxfordshire’s Green MEP Caroline Lucas spoke on the steps of Oxford University’s Clarendon Building on Valentines Day in front [...]
Green MEP Challenges South East Mayors To Join Peace Initiative
Tuesday, February 17th, 2009 | Press Release
17 February 2009 - A Euro-MP has challenged the ceremonial heads of every council in the South-East England region to [...]
Green Euro-MP Celebrates Parliament Support For Illegal Timber Proposals To Fight Deforestation
Tuesday, February 17th, 2009 | Press Release
17 February 2009 - The European Parliament’s environment committee has today approved a report by UK Green MEP Caroline Lucas [...]
Green Euro-MP Welcomes Home Office Decision On Iranian Asylum Seeker
Monday, February 16th, 2009 | Press Release
16 February 2009 - The South East’s Green MEP has welcomed a Home Office decision to grant Iranian lesbian Pegah [...]
Friday, February 13th, 2009 |
I receive many hundreds of emails from my South East constituents every week, but today one particular letter caught my [...]
Written Questions - Palestine
Tuesday, February 10th, 2009 | In the Parliament
EU Trade with Israel 2009
Oral Question about the detention of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails 2008
Suspension of EU-Israel Association Agreement [...]
Green MEP Condemns Euro-Parliament’s Support For Unsustainable Trade Agreements
Thursday, February 5th, 2009 | Press Release
05 February 2009 - The Green MEP for the South East has criticised the European Parliament after it refused to [...]
Blame abuse of EU law for ‘British jobs’ dispute - not exploited continental workers
Wednesday, February 4th, 2009 |
As workers at the Lindsey Oil Refinery continue to brave the freezing conditions, the debate over foreign workers and ‘British [...]
Corporate Abuse Of EU Law To Blame For ‘British Jobs’ Dispute – Not Exploited Foreign Workers, Says Green MEP
Wednesday, February 4th, 2009 | Press Release
04 February 2009 - The South East’s Green MEP Caroline Lucas today joined with four other Euro-MPs to launch a [...]
South East’s Green MEP Doorstops Israeli Embassy To Demand Gaza Aid Refund
Friday, January 30th, 2009 | Press Release
30 January 2009 - The South East’s Green Euro-MP today hand delivered a letter to the Israeli Embassy in London, [...]
Euro Commission Launches Legal Case Against UK For Breach Of EU Air Quality Law
Thursday, January 29th, 2009 | Press Release
29 January 2009 - The European Commission has revealed today that it is to launch legal proceedings against the UK [...]
UK Euro-MP Blasts ‘Blind Spots’ In Commission Proposals For International Climate Talks
Wednesday, January 28th, 2009 | Press Release
28 January 2009 - The European Commission today presented its proposals for the position of the European Union in the [...]
Green MEP Urges Foreign Office To Address Continuing Human Rights Abuses In West Papua
Thursday, January 22nd, 2009 | Press Release
22 January 2009 - The South East’s Green MEP has called on the UK authorities – and the European Commission [...]
United Against Hatred
Tuesday, January 20th, 2009 |
Attacks against Jewish people and synagogues have increased at least seven fold in recent weeks, with many victims reporting that [...]
Israeli Attack On UN Agency In Gaza Shows ‘Blatant Disregard’ For Negotiations - And Palestinian Human Rights, Says Green Euro-MP
Thursday, January 15th, 2009 | Press Release
15 January 2009 - MEP and Green Party Leader Caroline Lucas has condemned a reported Israeli attack on the headquarters [...]
Heathrow Decision Is ‘Breach of EU Law’, Says South East Euro-MP & Green Leader
Thursday, January 15th, 2009 | Press Release
15 January 2009 - The South East’s Green MEP and Leader of the Green Party Dr Caroline Lucas has slammed [...]
Resolutions - Palestine
Monday, January 12th, 2009 | In the Parliament
The al-Kurd family 2009
The conflict in the Gaza Strip 2009
The situation of Palestinian prisoners September 2008
The situation of Palestinian prisoners [...]
Written Questions - Transport Networks
Monday, January 12th, 2009 | In the Parliament
Written Question to the European Commission about anti-competitive practices in relation to the M74 motorway in Scotland 2008
Reponse
Via Baltica 2003
Response
The [...]
Heathrow Climate Rush
Monday, January 12th, 2009 |
I am really sorry that a rescheduled vote in the European Parliament means that I cannot join Climate Rush this [...]
Gaza
Friday, January 9th, 2009 |
This first week back after the winter recess has been dominated by Israel’s horrifying assault on Gaza. Despite support from [...]
Correspondence about Depleted Uranium
Friday, January 9th, 2009 | Correspondence
Letter to the British Government 2008
Reponse
Letter to the British Government 2006
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