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European Parliament rejects national GMO bans – Boylan

A draft EU law that would enable any EU country to restrict or prohibit the sale and use of EU-approved GMO food or animal feed on its territory was rejected by the European Parliament today. Many farmers in Ireland use genetically modified feed for their animals. A ban on animal GMO feed could have a […]

EU political will there to tackle unfair trading practices – McGuinness

The Fine Gael MEP Mairead McGuinness says the political will exists at an EU level to tackle unfair trading practices in the food supply chain. Ms McGuinness met the EU Commissioner for the Internal Market this week. She called on Elżbieta Bieńkowska to introduce laws that would tackle unfair trading practices and enable farmers to […]

EU political will there to tackle unfair trading practices – McGuinness

The Fine Gael MEP Mairead McGuinness says the political will exists at an EU level to tackle unfair trading practices in the food supply chain. Ms McGuinness met the EU Commissioner for Internal Market this week. She called on Elżbieta Bieńkowska to introduce laws that would tackle unfair trading practices and enable farmers to get […]

McGuinness calls on EU Commission for laws on unfair trading practices

The Fine Gael MEP Mairead McGuinness has called on the European Commission to introduce laws to bring greater fairness in the food supply chain. Ms McGuinness says the EU needs to do something to help farmers to get better prices for their produce. The MEP for Midlands-North West met the EU Commissioner for the Internal […]

New EU telecoms package won’t deliver Net Neutrality – Harkin

The European Parliament this week voted on a new EU telecoms package which will end mobile roaming charges from June 2017. However, the Independent MEP Marian Harkin says the new deal won’t deliver what’s called net neutrality. The idea of Net Neutrality is that all internet data traffic should be treated equally, with no content […]