Sample of Latest Reports
Ireland ‘will step up to the table’ on refugee crisis – McGuinness
Refugees in Hungary clashed with police this morning as trouble broke out at a migrant reception camp at the border between Hungary and Serbia. Tomorrow the President of the EU Commission Jean-Claude Juncker is to outline EU proposals to relocate additional refugees across EU countries. The Fine Gael MEP Mairead McGuinness says putting a figure […]
Refugee crisis shouldn’t be a ‘numbers’ game – McGuinness
The Fine Gael MEP Mairead McGuinness is warning that the escalating refugee and migrant crisis shouldn’t become an issue of numbers. Ms McGuinness was speaking in the European Parliament in Strasbourg following the Tanaiste Joan Burton’s proposal for Ireland to take in 5000 [five thousand] refugees. Tomorrow the President of the EU Commission Jean-Claude Juncker […]
Interview with Sinn Fein MEP Lynn Boylan on TTIP vote in European Parliament
Interview with Sinn Fein MEP Lynn Boylan on TTIP vote in European Parliament today. Interview conducted by Karen Coleman, Editor EuroParlRadio. Dur: 3:29
EU-US trade dispute settlement system has ‘chill factor’ – Boylan
MEPs today voted in favour of the on-going trade talks between the EU and the US known as TTIP. The majority of MEPs voted for a number of recommendations that they want to see included in the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership talks known as TTIP. One of the most controversial aspects of the talks […]
European Parliament calls for transparency in EU-US trade disputes [TTIP]
The European Parliament today passed their resolution on the on-going trade talks between the EU and the US. The majority of MEPs voted for a number of recommendations that they want to see included in the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership talks known as TTIP. One of the most controversial aspects of the talks concerns […]
Greek PM’s address to European Parliament disappointing – Clune
The Greek Prime Minister missed a golden opportunity to outline the reform proposals he’s promising to implement in Greece. That’s the view of the Fine Gael MEP Deirdre Clune who followed Alexis Tsipras’s address to MEPs in the European Parliament this morning. Mr Tsipras was criticised by some leading MEPs for his failure to tell […]
Interview with Fine Gael MEP Sean Kelly on Greece
EuroParlRadio’s Editor Karen Coleman speaks to the Fine Gael MEP Sean Kelly about the crisis in Greece. The interview took place in the European Parliament on Tuesday 7th July. The piece begins with Mr Kelly’s response to a general question about the Greek crisis. Dur: 4:18
‘Growing weariness in Europe’ with Greek government – Kelly
The Fine Gael MEP Sean Kelly this morning lectured the Greek prime minister on how to manage the economic crisis that is threatening to propel Greece into bankruptcy. During a speech in the Parliament Mr Kelly told Alexis Tsipras that he should look to Ireland as an example of how to properly handle economic turmoil. […]