McGuiness Meets French President Ahead Of Strasbourg Debate
Mairead McGuinness MEP and Vice-President of the European Parliament met the President of France, Emmanuel Macron, at the Parliament in Strasbourg as he addressed MEPs on his vision for the future of Europe this week. During the debate, McGuinness called for a strengthening of the links between the EU Parliament and national parliaments to address […]
New 2030 Targets To Reduce Plastic Pollution Agreed – Mairead McGuinness MEP
“Moments to make, minutes to consume and a lifetime to breakdown European Citizens are concerned about the build-up of waste – plastic, metal and cardboard on our beaches, in our fields, streams and backyards”, said Mairead McGuinness MEP and Vice-President of the European Parliament today, after a vote in the European Parliament on the new […]
McGuinness Meets UN Special Envoy For Climate Change
First Vice-President of the European Parliament, Mairead McGuinness MEP is pictured meeting Mike Bloomberg, UN Special Envoy for Climate Action, Jean-Claude Juncker, President of the European Commission and Valdis Dombrovskis, Vice-President of the European Commission for the Euro and Social Dialogue at the EU Commission’s high level conference on financing sustainable growth in Brussels recently. […]
Action To Tackle EU Protein Crop Deficit Demanded – Mairead McGuinness MEP
EU agricultural policy must do more to reduce our dependency on imported protein crops while increasing home-grown production, said Mairead McGuinness MEP and co-author of a new European Parliament Resolution on the future EU strategy for the promotion of protein crops. In adopting the Report, the Parliament’s Agriculture Committee called for an update of the Common […]