GUE/NGL

17-06-2010 EU Policy Coherence for MDGs

The parliamentary report by MEP Michael Cashman (S&D) on progress towards the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs): mid-term review in preparation of the UN high-level meeting in September 2010 was adopted in Plenary on the 15th of June, 2010. In this report the DEVE Committee highlights that policy coherence for development (PCD) is one of the tools for making progress towards the MDGs. Read more »

31-05-2010 MEPs Concerned about Unfair Migration Policies

At the heart of both migration and development are human beings who are entitled to human rights. The right to emigrate is a fundamental right embedded in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. MEPs Helene Flautre (Greens/EFA) Ana Gomes (S&D) Rui Tavares (GUE/NGL) Gabriele Zimmer (GUE/NGL) and Sonia Alfano (ALDE) are concerned for the human rights of migrants that are violated by and in Europe. Read more »

26-05-2010 MEPs bring IPR to the Attention of the Commission this Spring

Thijs Berman (S&D), Maria Eleni Koppa (S&D), Ilda Figueiredo (GUE/NGL) and Joao Ferreira (GUE/NGL) all separately asked parliamentary questions concerning Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) and access to affordable medicines. Read more »

07-05-2010 MEP Meyer concerned with Spains Arms Export

According the Willy Meyers (GUE/NGL) sources, Spain is one of the leading arms-and heavy weaponry exporting countries in the world and the main purchasers include the United States, Israel and developing countries. This is problematic and incoherent with EU policy on different levels and therefore Meyer is right in raising his concerns on the matter. Read more »

01-03-2010 MEP Guerrero Salom Drafts Report on the Effects of the Financial Crisis

Developing countries are not the root or cause of the financial crisis, yet the effects of it have shown to be devastating for the poorer countries. It has become an economic, social, development and humanitarian crisis. Every field of activity has been effected. Unemployment levels have increased, there has been more migration and therefore brain drain, drop in prices of raw materials, decrease in development finance, greater debts and especially a drop in trade. The EU has increased its trade restrictions to protect its own market and has cut back on all development efforts. Within the Development Committee (DEVE) of the European Parliament, an own initiative report was taken up on this subject, with Enrique Guerrero Salom as rapporteur. Read more »

27-01-2010 A Special Day for PCD: INTA Draft Opinion

In the meeting of the European Parliaments Committee on International Trade (INTA) that took place Wednesday the 27th of January 2010, Policy Coherence for Development  was on the Agenda. This was without a doubt a special occasion for Fair Politics, because the INTA Committee had never discussed the subject this seriously before. Read more »