Caroline Lucas MEP

Green Euro-MP Welcomes Strong Euro Commitment On Israel-Palestine In Vote On Crucial Report

cl-editor — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:44:31 +0000

11 March 2010 - Green Euro-MP Caroline Lucas has welcomed a Euro-Parliament vote in Strasbourg on the Goldstone report (1), which saw a majority of MEPs supporting a strong Parliamentary position on the ongoing Israeli blockade of Gaza – and breaches of international law.

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Opposition Parties Challenged By Southampton’s Green Euro-MP On Water Fluoridation Plan

cl-editor — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 09:51:31 +0000

05 March 2010 - Caroline Lucas MEP has written to the health spokespeople of the two Opposition parties demanding to know whether or not they would scrap the plan to fluoridate Southampton’s drinking water when most of the people affected oppose it.

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Green MEPs Issue Joint Statement on Kurdish Arrests in Belgium

cl-editor — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 17:41:03 +0000

04 March 2010 - Statement from Caroline Lucas, Green Euro-MP and Green Party leader, and Jean Lambert, London’s Green Euro-MP:

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Decision To Expand Lydd Airport ‘A Real Blow For Residents’, Says Kent’s Green MEP

cl-editor — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 12:37:46 +0000

04 March 2010 - Reacting to news today that Shepway District Council has approved the planned expansion of Lydd Airport (1), Kent’s Green Euro-MP and Green Party leader Caroline Lucas said:

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Green MEPs Call Time On Euro-Commission’s Poor ‘2020’ Vision

cl-editor — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 15:33:33 +0000

03 March 2010 - EU’s ‘2020’ climate and energy strategy "is no Green New Deal”, warns Caroline Lucas

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New Commissioner Authorises GM Potato Despite Health And Consumer Concerns

cl-editor — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 17:20:57 +0000

02 March 2010 - The European Commission today issued the first new cultivation authorisation for a genetically-modified plant variety in 12 years, despite concerns that its controversial antibiotic-resistant gene could subsequently enter the food chain.

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EU Governments Cut Tough Measures Out Of Illegal Timber Legislation

cl-editor — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 14:51:30 +0000

01 March 2010 - The EU Council (representing Member State governments) today officially adopted a common position on the draft Regulation on the illegal trade of timber and wood products.

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MPs Must Act Now To End ‘Draconian’ Control Orders, Says Lucas

cl-editor — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 11:32:34 +0000

25 February 2010 - ‘Draconian’ control orders are a stain on the UK Government’s civil liberties record and must be scrapped by MPs when it comes to a crucial vote in March (1), Green Party leader and MEP Caroline Lucas said today.

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Students Volunteer For Chance To Shadow Oxford’s Green Euro-MP

cl-editor — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 13:51:14 +0000

24 February 2010 - Students taking part in a volunteering fair in Oxford this week could be in with a chance to spend a day shadowing the region’s Green Euro-MP.

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