News & Press Releases

News & Press Releases

'Eur' Travel Rights Make sure you know ‘Eur’ rights this summer! I have produced a handy and practical ‘Know Your EU Rights this Summer’ booklet.... Food Industry Must Act Now FOOD INDUSTRY "MUST NOW ACCEPT THE NEED FOR HONEST LABELLING" The food industry must now accept that they need to be more upfront and honest about the way... Food Labelling SCOTS MEP ACTION ON FOOD ‘TRAFFIC LIGHTS’ Healthy eating is very much at the forefront of the fight against obesity in the European Parliament this week. Scots MEP... Coaltion Cuts Polly Toynbee of the Guardian has written an excellent article, well worth a read. You can view it by clicking on the below link: http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/may/24/cuts-george-osborne-young-elderly... Fund Trainees! Fancy a traineeship for Socialist and Democrats Group Secretariat? Yes? Then keep reading... Please see below for Anna Colombo's letter (Secretary General) about the new three month traineeship. I... Vandal Banker Join the PES on the 24th April 2010 and support a FINANCIAL TRANSACTION TAX (FTT). The campaign is simply suggesting a 0.05 per cent transaction cost which has the potential... Trust the Tories? Have you seen this? David Cameron says one thing, his MEPs say another. Cameron claims to be hold climate change action high up on the political agenda, while some of... Tory Inconsistency ... Volcanic Eruption The plume of ash following the eruption of the Eyjafjallajokull volcano in Iceland has brought chaos to thousands upon thousands of travellers throughout Europe. The first responsibility of the Government... Robin Hood Tax ROBIN HOOD: A MODEL FOR FUTURE BANKING? by Catherine Stihler MEP When Robin Hood set off with Friar Tuck and his merry men to rescue Maid Marion from... Tories Condemned Tories condemned for opposing tax on reckless financial speculation Catherine Stihler [Labour] MEP for Scotland strongly supports the European Parliament’s overwhelming backing of a global tax on... Rima Andmariam EURO MP TAKES GLASGOW STUDENT’S FIGHT TO BRUSSELS Catherine Stihler, Euro MP for Scotland, has taken the fight to Brussels in order to block moves to deport... Rima Andmariam Rima Andmariam is a seventeen year old Eritrean citizen. Rima and her family are Pentecostal Christians, a faith which is 'illegal' to practise in Eritrea. Rima fled Eritrea for Italy after her family... Stillbirth Research Please sign the petition! It is to encourage an increased spending on research into the causes of stillbirths. http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/prevstillbirth/... Haggis Ban Haggis has been banned in the USA since 1989 following the BSE scare My recent visit to Washington DC gave me the perfect opportunity to highlight the issue. After all, the US... 2010 Year on Poverty 2010 has been designated as the European Year for Ending Poverty and Social Exclusion. It is shocking that 16% of all Europeans are living below the poverty line. More must be done to... Safer Internet Day Tuesday 9th February 2010 marks Safer Internet Day - a calendered event that is celebrated throughout the EU and in forty countries throughout the world. As a result of strong action at a European level,... Dunfermline Building Society The European Commission has officially endorsed the UK Government's rescue plan to prevent Dunfermline Building Society from total collapse. Swift government action meant that thousands of borrowers, savers and staff members of the Society... The Commissioner's Hearings January 2010 is an extremely busy month for the European Parliament due to the Commissioner’s Hearings (January 11th - 19th). The new European Commission has 27 members; including a President and 26 Commissioner’s... Front Page Campaign Everyday graphic images are freely on display in printed form. These images are on display not only to adults, but to young children. The Publishing and Retail industries must recognise that young children are...

Catherine Stihler, Scottish Labour MEP