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MEPs back better credit deals for shoppers
16th January 2008
SHOPPERS wanting to spread the cost of buying cars, washing machines and furniture can look forward to better credit deals and more responsible lending, under EU plans backed by Euro-MPs today. Wales Euro-MPs Glenys Kinnock and Eluned Morgan are supporting proposals to open up the European consumer credit market while at the same time ensuring greater protection for credit consumers across the EU.
More...Euro-MP seeks answers on deportation case
16th January 2008
EURO-MP Glenys Kinnock has today demanded answers from a UK Minister over the decision to send a dying woman back to Africa. In a letter to Home Office Minister Liam Byrne, Glenys Kinnock calls for a full explanation as to why the case of Ama Sumani did not qualify under the "exceptional circumstances" provision.
More...MEP hails 'breakthrough' on children's rights
15th January 2008
EURO-MP Glenys Kinnock will today back new EU measures to ensure children's rights are at the heart of all EU activities - at home and abroad. The Labour MEP has been pivotal in advancing the EU Strategy on the Rights of the Child, which will be voted on by Euro-MPs in Strasbourg today.
More...Rush for EPAs risks poverty progress, warns MEP
11th December 2007
THE EU rush to conclude crucial trade deals with Africa risks progress in some of the world's poorest countries, Euro-MP Glenys Kinnock today warned. As the deadline for reaching agreement on Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) between the EU and African, Pacific and Caribbean States (ACP) looms, there is increasing concern that those countries unwilling to sign-up will, as the Commission has
More...EU-Africa Summit must not shirk from addressing Zimbabwe and Darfur
5th December 2007
THE EU-Africa summit must not shirk from addressing the tragedies unfolding in Zimbabwe and Darfur, Euro-MP Glenys Kinnock today urged. The Labour MEP, Labour's European spokesperson on International Development, declined an invitation to attend the Summit, to be held in Lisbon this weekend, after Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe confirmed his attendance.
More...EU-ACP Assembly demands more time on trade deal
21st November 2007
EURO-MP Glenys Kinnock is to lead parliamentarians from across Europe and African Caribbean and Pacific states (ACP) in demanding the deadline for negotiations on EU-ACP trade deals be extended. In a ‘Kigali Declaration', the 78 ACP and 27 EU parliamentarians of the EU-ACP Joint Parliamentary Assembly of which Mrs Kinnock is Co-President, will today urge the European Commission to ensure no
More...Euro-MPs back aviation action
13th November 2007
CLEARER skies are ahead - after Euro-MPs backed new plans to tackle climate change by limiting emissions from aircraft. Labour MEPs GLENYS KINNOCK and ELUNED MORGAN voted to include aircraft emissions in the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS).
More...China holds key to Burma's freedom, says MEP
24th October 2007
CHINA holds the key to freedom for Aung San Suu Kyi and the people of Burma, Euro-MP and Burma Campaign patron GLENYS KINNOCK today said as she marked the democracy leader's 12 years of detention. Speaking from Strasbourg, GLENYS KINNOCK, who has previously travelled to Burma to meet with Aung San Suu Kyi, the only imprisoned Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, said:
More...MEPs welcome mobile call cost cut
13th October 2007
CALLING home from Europe just got cheaper - thanks to an EU move to cut mobile phone 'roaming' charges. Wales Euro-MPs Glenys Kinnock and Eluned Morgan welcomed the new European Consumer Tariff, which automatically caps the so-called 'roaming' charges levied by companies when you use your phone elsewhere in Europe.
More...EU must stand firm on Burma
11th October 2007
EU leaders must keep their word and stand firm on Burma, Euro-MP and Burma Campaign Patron Glenys Kinnock today urged. Speaking in Brussels GLENYS KINNOCK said: "Next week European Foreign Ministers meet in Luxembourg and the tragedy is that the prospect of a strong an unequivocal response to the horrific events in Burma has receded as they prevaricate about the need to agree targeted economic
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