Glenis Willmott MEP, Labour’s Leader in the European Parliament, on what we’ve learnt from Theresa May’s first EU summit… 1. Negotiating with our EU partners will be tougher than the Brexiters think: For all the internal government wranglings over what kind of Brexit it will be – crystallised in the… read more →
Love it or hate it, Marmite hitting the headlines is a first sign of reality starting to bite after the Brexit vote, writes Paul Brannen MEP, Labour’s European Parliament spokesperson on agriculture. As the pound decreases in value on a daily basis the cost of imports to the UK increases.… read more →
Last week I was back in Brussels – here are the highlights. The Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE) Committee voted on a key piece of legislation I have been working on for many months now – Security of Gas Supply. The EU is still highly reliant on external energy sources,… read more →
The European Union is reviewing its Security of Gas Supply regulation, in place since 2010, with the Socialists and Democrats demanding stronger coordination between Member States to avoid any future EU gas crisis. Today the all-party Industry, Energy and Research Committee in the European Parliament adopted its position to negotiate… read more →
Whilst Westminster has been in recess for Party Conference season, the work hasn’t stopped for your MEPs and last week we were in Strasbourg. It was a busy few days in the European Parliament – it always is. Labour MEPs voted in favour of the Legal Aid Directive which establishes… read more →
In a welcome twist of events, the May government adopted Labour Party policy this week. Described as more “Balls than Osborne”, Chancellor Philip Hammond announced that Conservative economic policy = fiscal discipline + investment for growth. Whilst this positively Keynesian economic approach is welcome, two things need to happen. Firstly,… read more →
Labour MEPs have urged the Thai government to do more to ensure migrant workers aren’t exploited and those who defend their rights aren’t locked up. The European Parliament today overwhelmingly backed a resolution calling on Thailand to make more progress against the exploitation of migrant workers, to reform its defamation… read more →
Now that the dust has settled, I wanted to reflect on the Labour Party Conference last week in my home city of Liverpool. Jeremy Corbyn was re-elected leader of our Party and now more than ever it is important that we come together to fight the Tories. It is only… read more →
Labour MEPs warned today that Theresa May’s tough talk on tax dodging in her Conservative Party conference speech will be meaningless if the UK opts out of EU anti-tax avoidance measures post-Brexit. Anneliese Dodds MEP, Labour’s European Parliament spokesperson on taxation, said: “The prime minister today said “if you’re a… read more →
Labour MEPs have hailed today’s European Parliament vote tightening up legislation banning exports of torture equipment from the European Union – measures UKIP’s MEPs failed to support. The new laws update the EU’s 2005 Anti-Torture regulation, introducing a ban on marketing and promotion of goods which have no other practical… read more →