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Green Euro-MP Welcomes Strong Euro Commitment On Israel-Palestine In Vote On Crucial Report - March 11th, 2010
11 March 2010 - Green Euro-MP Caroline Lucas has welcomed a Euro-Parliament vote in Strasbourg on the Goldstone report (1), [...]
Opposition Parties Challenged By Southampton’s Green Euro-MP On Water Fluoridation Plan - March 10th, 2010
05 March 2010 - Caroline Lucas MEP has written to the health spokespeople of the two Opposition parties demanding to [...]
Green MEPs Issue Joint Statement on Kurdish Arrests in Belgium - March 4th, 2010
04 March 2010 - Statement from Caroline Lucas, Green Euro-MP and Green Party leader, and Jean Lambert, London’s Green Euro-MP:
Decision To Expand Lydd Airport ‘A Real Blow For Residents’, Says Kent’s Green MEP - March 4th, 2010
04 March 2010 - Reacting to news today that Shepway District Council has approved the planned expansion of Lydd Airport [...]
Green MEPs Call Time On Euro-Commission’s Poor ‘2020’ Vision - March 3rd, 2010
03 March 2010 - EU’s ‘2020’ climate and energy strategy "is no Green New Deal”, warns Caroline Lucas
New Commissioner Authorises GM Potato Despite Health And Consumer Concerns - March 2nd, 2010
02 March 2010 - The European Commission today issued the first new cultivation authorisation for a genetically-modified plant variety in [...]
EU Governments Cut Tough Measures Out Of Illegal Timber Legislation - March 1st, 2010
01 March 2010 - The EU Council (representing Member State governments) today officially adopted a common position on the draft Regulation on [...]
MPs Must Act Now To End ‘Draconian’ Control Orders, Says Lucas - February 25th, 2010
25 February 2010 - ‘Draconian’ control orders are a stain on the UK Government’s civil liberties record and must be scrapped [...]
Students Volunteer For Chance To Shadow Oxford’s Green Euro-MP - February 24th, 2010
24 February 2010 - Students taking part in a volunteering fair in Oxford this week could be in with a [...]
EU Parliament Votes Against ‘Anti-Democratic’ EU-US SWIFT Agreement - February 11th, 2010
11 February 2010 - The EU Parliament has today rejected (1) the interim EU agreement to supply SWIFT bank transfer [...]
Gatwick’s Green Euro-MP Welcomes Decision To Rule Out Second Runway - February 10th, 2010
10 February 2010 - Green MEP for Gatwick and the South East, Caroline Lucas, has welcomed a statement by Sir [...]
EU Parliament Demands Ban On Trade In Endangered Bluefin Tuna - February 10th, 2010
10 February 2010 - The EU Parliament plenary in Strasbourg today adopted a resolution (1) that calls on the EU [...]
Green Euro-MP Warns New Barroso Commission ‘Not Up To The Job’ - February 9th, 2010
09 February 2010 - The new European Commission was approved by the European Parliament today (1), thanks to the support [...]
Green MEP Helps Launch International Parliamentarians For West Papua In Euro-Parliament - January 27th, 2010
27 January 2010 - Green MEP for the South East Caroline Lucas played host to a group of human rights [...]
Oppose Ivory Sale To Save Elephants, Say Green Euro-MP - January 25th, 2010
Commenting in the Independent today on a proposed ‘one-off’ auction of ivory which conservationists fear could lead to more elephants [...]
Green Leader Welcomes New EU Presidency Focus On Gendered Violence - January 12th, 2010
12 January 2010 - Green Party leader and Euro-MP Caroline Lucas has praised the Spanish government for its solid commitment to [...]
Tory Plan For ‘Supermarket Ombudsman’ Short On Substance, Says Green Euro-MP - January 6th, 2010
06 January 2010 - Caroline Lucas welcomes focus on destructive supermarket monopolies, but warns new regulator needs real teeth to [...]
Copenhagen: “World Leaders Have Failed Us”, Says Lucas - December 19th, 2009
19 December 2009 - Green Party leader Caroline Lucas MEP today sharply criticised world leaders over the outcome of the [...]
Lucas Warns Of Last Chance To Save EU Animal Experiments Agreement - December 18th, 2009
18 December 2009 - Greens in the European Parliament, including UK MEP Caroline Lucas, are leading a challenge to the [...]
Crunch Time In Copenhagen As EU Leaders Contemplate Sell-out - Comment from Caroline Lucas MEP - December 16th, 2009
16 December 2009 - As EU heads of state and government start arriving at the UN climate summit in Copenhagen, [...]
EU Agriculture Ministers Cut Out Tough Measures Backed By EU Parliament On Illegal Logging - December 16th, 2009
16 December 2009 - Yesterday, the EU Agricultural Council reached a political agreement on the draft Regulation on the illegal [...]