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                           <title><![CDATA['Eur' Travel Rights]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[Make sure you know &lsquo;Eur&rsquo; rights this summer!   I have produced a handy and practical &lsquo;Know Your EU Rights this Summer&rsquo; booklet.    It outlines key EU laws which protect Scottish holidaymakers, such as air travel compensation and hotel safety.   It cannot be underestimated how important it is for travellers to know their rights before they travel to Europe. We are lucky to be members of the EU because that entitles us to the Europe-wide consumer rights package.    From slashing the cost of mobile phones, to...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Mon, 12 Jul 2010 05:52:04</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[Food Industry Must Act Now]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[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 they label their packages, following new rules approved by the European Parliament today.   New rules now require companies to display more nutritional information about their products on the front of packs. This is a significant victory for British consumers and is a move strongly welcomed by the National Farmers Union and consumer groups.   A massive lobby and PR push by the food industry has defeated proposals...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Thu, 17 Jun 2010 03:52:08</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[Food Labelling]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[SCOTS MEP ACTION ON FOOD &lsquo;TRAFFIC LIGHTS&rsquo;   Healthy eating is very much at the forefront of the fight against obesity in the European Parliament this week. Scots MEP and consumer rights activist, Catherine Stihler [Labour], is set to vote in favour of clearer food labelling rules.   Faced with alarming obesity statistics, Catherine Stihler is supportive of drastic measures which will change the way food products are labelled in shops. &lsquo;Traffic light&rsquo; labelling provides busy shoppers with an &lsquo;at-a-glance&rsquo; nutritional guideline, helping them to make more informed decisions on the spot.  Mrs. Stihler pledged her support...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Thu, 17 Jun 2010 03:50:17</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[Coaltion Cuts]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[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...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Tue, 25 May 2010 03:38:06</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[Fund Trainees!]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[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 would strongly recommend anyone who has the ambition and desire to work in a fast-paced dynamic environment, for the Socialist family in the EU, to get their application in as soon as possible. Deadline: 1 June 2010. Re: "Fiorella Ghilardotti" Fund trainees - period 2010-2014   Dear colleagues,   On 2 February 2010, the Bureau decided to re-launch the "Fiorella Ghilardotti" Fund for traineeships. Following the decision of...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Tue, 18 May 2010 03:21:59</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[Vandal Banker]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[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 to raise billions. A small tax on banks has the power to raise sufficient funds which can be channelled into vital services, including the NHS, education and fighting against child poverty. This political decision is best dealt with at a global level, rather than at a national level. I hope this idea will be strongly considered by the G20. http://www/youtube.com/watch?v=HtvsKaOftM0&amp;feature=player_embedded...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Thu, 22 Apr 2010 02:23:34</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[Trust the Tories?]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[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 his MEPs simply believe that global warming is a myth.  Cameron was completely floored when challenged on why his Conservative MEPs did not condemn "Lithuania's Section 28". This video sums up the 'modern day' Tories. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GpfCCG2PHdU...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Thu, 22 Apr 2010 02:13:07</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[Tory Inconsistency]]></title>
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                           <pubDate>Thu, 22 Apr 2010 01:33:27</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[Volcanic Eruption]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[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 was the safety of all passengers, the airline crews and the general public. Scientists and the meteorological office had a lot of work to do: they had to constantly keep abreast of what was happening to the volcano, orchestrate test flights and to assess how much ash was, and is, in the environment. Safety and security remained the number one priority. As our Prime Minister said, the Government would have...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Thu, 22 Apr 2010 01:22:17</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[Robin Hood Tax]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[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 the evil clutches of the Sheriff of Nottingham, no-one would have thought that we would be looking to Robin Hood centuries later as inspiration to solve our banking crisis with the introduction of a financial transaction tax? Today Robin Hood can be seen in the millions of citizens in the UK who seek some form of justice from the financial sector for the banking crisis through the Robin Hood Tax...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 03:11:25</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[Tories Condemned]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[Tories condemned for opposing tax on reckless financial speculation
 
Catherine Stihler [Labour] MEP for Scotland strongly supports the European Parliament&rsquo;s overwhelming backing of a global tax on financial transactions. This tax &ndash; often referred to as the Tobin Tax &ndash; would raise money from speculative trading by banks.
 
The European Parliament voted today [Wednesday 10 March]. 
 
Speaking from Strasbourg, Labour&rsquo;s Mrs Stihler stated:
 
&ldquo;The Parliamentary motion received overwhelming backing, by 536 votes to 80. However, it is no surprise that the British Conservative MEPs failed to support this&rdquo;. 
 
"The time has come for action to...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 02:55:57</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[Rima Andmariam]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[EURO MP TAKES GLASGOW STUDENT&rsquo;S FIGHT TO BRUSSELS
 
Catherine Stihler, Euro MP for Scotland, has taken the fight to Brussels in order to block moves to deport a young Anniesland College student from being deported to Italy. In a move strongly welcomed by Mrs. Stihler, the President of the European Commission is now on record promising to look into the tragic case of Rima Andmariam, originally from Eritrea. 
 
Mrs. Stihler raised this issue with Jose Manuel Barroso &ndash; the President of the European Commission &ndash; while in Strasbourg.
 
Rima fled Eritrea at the age of 14,...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 02:48:08</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[Rima Andmariam]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[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 were
interrogated and victimised by the Eritrean government. The
whereabouts of her father are unknown after he was
arrested.  Whilst in Italy, Rima suffered
more abuse and neglect. She was left to fend for
herself. In 2008 Rima managed to flee again. This time
she was dispersed to Cardiff, where she was treated quite rightly
as a vulnerable child. Unfortunately the Age Assessment that
Social Services conducted concluded that she was around 20, and
therefore not a minor....]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov -0001 12:00:00</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[Stillbirth Research]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[Please sign the petition! It is to encourage an increased
spending on research into the causes of stillbirths. http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/prevstillbirth/...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov -0001 12:00:00</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[Haggis Ban]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[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 market
could be huge for Scottish companies.  Given the strong historical and cultural links between the USA and
Scotland, it would be wonderful if one of our finest examples of
Scottish fayre was back on American menus . You can watch the footage of my interview for ITV here. 
http://www.itveuropeandyou.co.uk/EN/video426region7category16.aspx...]]></description>
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                           <title><![CDATA[2010 Year on Poverty]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[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 combat social exclusion and unemployment.  For more information on Ending
Poverty and Social Exclusion, please visit www.endpoverty.eu You can also view a pdf
of document that various NGOs have put together on the EU Year
on Poverty 2010....]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov -0001 12:00:00</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[Safer Internet Day]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[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, eighteen major social networking sites,
that are active in Europe, have signed and pledged to adhere to the
guidelines set out in the "Safer Social Networking Principles
for the EU.
 
This year the real
focus has been on reminding people that under eighteens may be at
risk online. The rise of social networking sites - such as
Bebo and Facebook - have increased the possibility of children
being groomed, stumbling across illegal or inappropriate content
and even being...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov -0001 12:00:00</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[Dunfermline Building Society]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[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 were protected. The restructuring of the Society
involved splitting the institution into two parts - one containing
the good quality assets and liabilities (which were sold to a
competitor) and the impaired commercial loan assets which were put
into administration.  Gordon Brown and Alisdair
Darling took action in March 2009 - a move which prevented the
complete loss of the Dunfermline brand, one of Scotland's
oldest financial institutions.  For more information on the
Commission's approval, please...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov -0001 12:00:00</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[The Commissioner's Hearings]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[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 who have responsibility for a
particular portfolio. The Commissioner’s Hearing give MEPs
the opportunity to have a detailed exchange of view with them and
to discuss the priorities of the 2009 – 2013 period. During
Commissioner Semeta’s hearing – who has responsibility for Taxation
and Customs Union, Audit and Anti-Fraud – I expressed my concern
about the proliferation of falsified medicines in Europe. It
is vital that the EU strengthens its measures to protect all
citizens from the...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov -0001 12:00:00</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[Front Page Campaign]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[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 not emotionally capable of dealing
with or understanding graphic images.
I fully support the Front Page Campaign which
aims to raise awareness of the issue, to work towards the
concealing of graphic images in shops and the introduction of
having printed media age-rated in terms of graphic
content. If you would like more
information, or if you would like to sign up to the campaign,
please click on the link below: http://www.thefrontpagecampaign.org.uk/...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov -0001 12:00:00</pubDate>
                           
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