*President Sarkozy joins Chancellor Merkel in leading the charge to ‘punish’ states who exceed debt targets *Irish workers should follow example of French workers’ uncompromising struggle Socialist Party MEP Joe Higgins commented on the outcome of reported talks between President Sarkozy and Chancellor Merkel against the background of the EU Finance Ministers meetings in Luxembourg: [...]
Press Release: Irish workers should follow example of French workers’ uncompromising struggle
On October - 19 - 2010
Press Statement: Shut down Anglo Irish Bank
On September - 30 - 2010
Here, Socialist Party MEP Joe Higgins explain’s why he is calling for the immediate closure of Anglo Irish Bank with compensation to be paid only on the basis of proven need in the wake of the statement from the Financial Regulator that the bank could end up costing the taxpayer between €29.3 and 34.3 billion. [...]
Press Statement: European Parliament votes on new regulatory controls of financial markets
On September - 23 - 2010
* New European wide financial regulators will not end the dictatorship of the markets * Bring the financial markets under democratic public ownership As the European Parliament votes on new regulatory controls of financial markets Joe Higgins MEP commented: “Despite establishing these new financial regulatory structures, it is acutely obvious that the EU establishment does [...]
Press Release: Kazakhstan – Human rights defender “disappeared” for 10 days
On September - 8 - 2010
*Kazakhstan Police “Disappear” human rights defender, Vadim Kuramshin, for 10 days to prevent him meeting Joe Higgins MEP *Former Prisoners Describe Horrifying Brutality in Kazakhstan Prisons despite threats; *Political, civil and human rights routinely repressed by Nazarbayev Regime: A press conference was held today in the European Parliament in Strasbourg to report on the GUE/NGL [...]
Press Release: Politicians celebrate M50 upgrade while ignoring willful destruction of small firm on project
On September - 2 - 2010
Press release: Councillor Matt Waine (Socialist Party) Minister and politicians celebrate M50 upgrade today while ignoring scandal of wilful destruction of small Irish firm on the project Two former unemployed steel fixers from Tallaght bankrupted by race to the bottom “Mr. John Gallagher and Mr. Terence Farrell, former unemployed steel fixers from Tallaght, set up [...]
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 [...]
Proposed closure of St. Lukes should be resisted
On June - 17 - 2010
Next week, the Dáil’s Health and Children Committee will be considering the Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2010. Behind such an innocuous sounding Bill lies the intention to close down St Luke’s cancer hospital. I have seen one of perhaps many letters submitted to the Dáil Committee from a person whose husband is suffering from cancer [...]
