Joe Higgins MEP speaking at a rally held in Dublin on 26 June, as part of the “Europe-wide week of Solidarity and Protest” Share on bebo Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook share via Reddit Share with Stumblers Share on technorati Tumblr it Tweet about it Print for later Tell a friend
Video: Joe Higgins speaking at at Dublin rally as part of Europe-wide week of Solidarity and Protest
On June - 30 - 2010
Video: Human rights and trade agreements under Spanish Presidency of EU
On June - 25 - 2010
At the Committee on International Trade, Joe Higgins MEP questions the Spanish Secretary for Trade on the role of human rights in neo-liberal trade agreements, particularly during Spain’s Presidency of the European Union. (23-06-10) Share on bebo Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook share via Reddit Share with Stumblers Share on technorati [...]
Proposed property tax would be an unbearable burden on working people
On June - 24 - 2010
The proposed property tax which is mooted as a possibility for the next budget comes as no surprise given the Taoiseach’s recently stated regrets that he did not introduce this tax already. Working people and the recently unemployed will be distraught at the news that while struggling to pay a mortgage on a vastly overpriced [...]
Video: GUE / NGL video promoting “Europe-wide week of Solidarity and Protest”
On June - 24 - 2010
Promotional video for “Europe-wide week of Solidarity and Protest (June 21-26)” from the GUE / NGL group. Share on bebo Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook share via Reddit Share with Stumblers Share on technorati Tumblr it Tweet about it Print for later Tell a friend
Video: Workers’ rights in Europe and Korea
On June - 24 - 2010
At the Committee on International Trade, Joe Higgins MEP questions the European Commission about its proposed Free Trade Agreement with South Korea and what impact that will have on the rights of workers in Europe and Korea (23-06-10) Read the full transcript of the video here Share on bebo Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post [...]
Report from plenary session of the European Parliament (June 2010)
On June - 23 - 2010
€1bn of corporate lobbying gets “traffic light” food labelling rejected The European Parliament voted to reject a proposed change to nutritional labels on food packaging in this session. The proposed change from the commission would have introduced a compulsory “traffic light” labelling system on food packaging. The levels of fat, saturated fats, sugars and salt [...]
FG / FF leadership debates – full of sound and fury, signifying nothing
On June - 18 - 2010
Note: This article is taken from the Wednesday’s (June 16th) Daily Mail, prior to the results of the Fine Gael leadership battle. There is little that excites the Irish media more than rumours of leadership struggles within the main political parties. These days, the newspapers are in a high state of excitement over the challenge [...]
