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Supporting Women in the EU
Catherine is backing the campaign to see at least one femaleappointed as a leader of the European Union.During the coming 12 months, four politicians will be appointedas leaders of the European U...

Catherine on STV Politics Now
19th June 2008Follow this link to see Catherine on STV's Politics Nowhttp://www.stv.tv/content/news/Politics_NEW/ ...

What is your Euro-vision?
In light of the recent Eurovision song contest Catherine StihlerScots Labour MEP would like to ask you "What is yourEuro-vision?"What are you looking for from Europe and what European issuesare import...

Route for Forth Crossing Funding Confirmed
28th May 2008Catherinehas welcomed confirmation from Transport Scotland that the ForthCrossing could benefit from EuropeanFunding. Havingpreviously raised grave concerns as to how the Scottish Go...

Superfast Pulling Plug Will Drain Fife Economy
28th May 2008Catherine was devastated to hear that Superfast Ferries arepulling the plug on the Rosyth to Zeebrugge crossing from the 13thof September this year, and is calling on First Minister AlexS...

Disarm the Tobacco Farm
29th May 2008To mark World No Tobacco Day [March 31st 2008]Catherine, is leading the fight to redirect European fundingsubsidising tobacco farmers to be invested in improvingpublic  awareness of ...

The Year of the Volunteer
21st April 2008Catherine is calling for voluntary organisations throughoutScotland to recognise 2009 as the Year of the Volunteer, inappreciation of the impact volunteers in Scotland have on theeconom...

EU Steps Up To Transplant Challenge
21st April 2008Last year around 2,400 people in the UK benefited from an organtransplant, but more than 1,000 people die every year on thewaiting list. Catherine is supporting a European report identi...

Eye on the tiger
17th April 2008 Catherine is backing the European Parliament’s strategy to prevent the tiger from becoming extinct. With figures showing that by 2025 the tiger may be extinct and only 1,411 tige...

MEP warns on stormy waters ahead for the Common Fisheries Policy
10th April 2008 Catherine Stihler, Scots Labour MEP, has been compelled to remove her name from a report she drafted and will encourage her colleagues to vote against the report, due to the rejecti...

MEP Thrusts Child Poverty Further into Spotlight
8th April 2008 Scots MEP Catherine Stihler, is thrusting the issues of child poverty and social exclusion to the fore in Brussels, in order to address the child poverty crisis in Scotland, the UK a...

Scots Credit Rating Failure as Credit Comes Under Crunch
Scots Labour MEP, Catherine Stihler, is warning consumers that they may experience even more of a cash crisis if faced with applying for credit in other European countries. Due to credit records be...

Taking the hump with whaling
3rd April 2008 Catherine Stihler, Scots Labour MEP, has expressed her outrage at Japan’s increasing “quota” for scientific whaling, and is calling for UK and European governments to present a...

Not Giving in to Street Homelessness
12th March 2008 Europe is looking towards resolving Scotland’s homeless crisis with a new initiative calling on an EU-wide commitment to end street homelessness by 2015, alongside devising winter...

Scots Elderly to Benefit from EU Funding
14th March 2008 Catherine Stihler Scots MEP is supporting a new initiative set to tackle and provide for Scotland’s ageing population. Launched in the European Parliament today, the UK has joined...

Glasgow Youth SENATE visits Brussels
5th March 2008 Scottish youngsters will be visiting the European Parliament in Brussels on Wednesday 5th March, to learn about international decision making bodies, as part of their 12 week trainin...

Scots MEP Applies Pressure to Protect Passengers Liquid Assets
4th March 2008 Scots Labour MEP, Catherine Stihler, has called upon the European Commission to address the issues being faced by passengers when taking liquids on board transfer flights within the ...

Scots MEP Calls for an Effective and Efficient European Parliament
22nd Feb 2008 With the support of over one million European citizens, Catherine Stihler Scots MEP, is eagerly awaiting the outcome from the European Parliaments Petitions Committee on Monday 25th F...

MEPs called upon to take a deep breath for Europe’s breathing battle
18th Feb 2008 With a death toll 200,000 – 300,000 Europeans annually, Scots MEP Catherine Stihler will be encouraging her colleagues in Strasbourg to take a deep breath to recognise Chronic Obstr...

Free Lunch and the Freedom to Vote
15th March 2008 Scottish women gathered to celebrate International Womens Day 2008, at the Adam Smith Theatre on Saturday 15th March 2008, where women speakers from all over Scotland and bey...

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