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“People are tripping over themselves in climate debate” – Kelly

Fine Gael MEP Seán Kelly says MEPs need to think carefully when it comes to efforts to tackle climate change.

The European Parliament will vote on two resolutions this week, ahead of the COP25 UN Climate Change Conference in Madrid.

One calls for a climate emergency to be declared while the second deals with efforts to reach climate neutrality by 2050.

Seán Kelly says the consequences need to be looked at properly:

Out words: people behind

Dur: 00:42

 

European Parliament to vote on new Commission

MEPs will today vote on the proposed new European Commission.

A simple majority is required to approve the team of 27 who, if elected, will take up office on December 1st.

Ireland’s Phil Hogan will oversee trade while the UK has declined to put forward a candidate.

Sinn Féin MEP Matt Carthy will be voting against the new team

Out words: is required

Dur: 00:33

Search and rescue resolution would have done “terrible damage” – Kelly

The Fine Gael MEP Sean Kelly has defended his decision to vote against a resolution to improve search and rescue efforts of migrants in the Mediterranean.

There was outrage in the European Parliament last Thursday after the motion was shot down by just two votes.

The Green Party MEP Grace O’Sullivan described the decision of the four Fine Gael MEPs to  vote against the resolution as “shocking and disgraceful”.

However Sean Kelly says he and his colleagues voted against it because it would have done “terrible damage”

Out words: what they liked

Dur: 00:42

 

Interview with Ciarán Cuffe on delisting of Shannon LNG

EuroParlRadio editor Karen Coleman talks to the Green Party MEP Ciarán Cuffe about his demands to get the Shannon Liquified natural gas project taken off a list of projects of strategic importance.

Critics of Shannon LNG say its planned importation of fracked gas from the US runs contrary to Ireland’s climate targets and existing national ban on fracking.

Ciarán Cuffe who is a member of the European Parliament’s Energy Committee, says the project should be removed from a list of strategic projects to be fast tracked by the European Commission.  

Out words: industry

Dur: 2:10

Dublin MEP calls for delisting of Shannon Liquid Gas project – Cuffe

The Shannon Liquified natural gas project should be taken off a list of projects of strategic importance. That’s the demand from the Green Party MEP Ciarán Cuffe.

Critics of Shannon LNG say its planned importation of fracked gas from the US runs contrary to Ireland’s climate targets and existing national ban on fracking.

Ciarán Cuffe who is a member of the European Parliament’s Energy Committee, says the project should be removed from a list of strategic projects to be fast tracked by the European Commission.  

Out words: was yes

Dur: 00:40

Lives can’t wait for better Search & Rescue text – O’Sullivan

Fleeing refugees who are drowning in the Mediterranean can’t wait for the European Parliament to come up with a better script to save their lives.

That’s the damning verdict of the Green Party MEP Grace O’Sullivan.

She has slammed the four Fine Gael MEPs who yesterday voted against a resolution to step up search and rescue operations for refugees in the Mediterranean.

The EPP Group which Fine Gael is a member of says its MEPs voted against the resolution because it was an insubstantial text that plays into the hands of traffickers.

But Grace O’Sullivan says that’s not good enough.

Out words: have passed

Dur: 00:31

Fine Gael’s "alignment" with far right in Search and Rescue vote “shocking & disgraceful” – O’Sullivan

The Green Party MEP Grace O’Sullivan says the decision by four Fine Gael MEPs to vote down a resolution on Search and Rescue in the Mediterranean was disgraceful.  

MEPs yesterday rejected by just 2 votes a resolution to step up search and rescue operations for refugees in the Med.

The EPP Group which Fine Gael is a member of says its MEPs voted against the resolution because it was an insubstantial text that plays into the hands of traffickers.

However Grace O’Sullivan says it was a good and progressive move that should have been passed by the Parliament. 

Out words: resolution through

Dur: 00:37

MEPs call for sanctions against Turkey over Syria – Fitzgerald

The European Parliament is calling for sanctions against Turkey over its recent military actions against Kurds in northeast Syria. 

MEPs voted for a resolution today that warned Turkey’s actions in Syria amount to what they call “a grave violation of international law, undermining the stability and security of the region as a whole”.

The European Parliament says at least three hundred thousand people have been displaced as a result of the Turkish operations in Syria. That’s alongside a high number of civilian and military casualties.

The Fine Gael MEP Frances Fitzgerald says MEPs are outraged over what's happening in Syria. 

Out words: difficult position  

 

Dur: 00:19

European Parliament Group leaders approve Flextension – McGuinness

The European Parliament’s Group leaders this morning approved a flexible Brexit extension to the end of January.

The Group is recommending that the European Council accepts the UK’s recent request for an extension to Article fifty.

And they’re calling for an option that the extension period could end earlier should the ratification of the Withdrawal Agreement be approved by both the UK and the EU.

The Fine Gael MEP Mairead McGuinness says the EU twenty seven countries will have to be patient while the UK resolves the Brexit dilemma.

Out words : bad deal 

Dur: 00:38  

A referendum on Brexit deal “perfectly legitimate” – Alyn Smith MEP

People in Britain should be given the chance to vote in a referendum on the revised Brexit deal that Boris Johnson recently tried to ram through the House of Commons.

So says the Scottish National Party MEP Alyn Smith.

He argues that people in the UK need to fully understand the implications of the Withdrawal agreement and how an exit from the EU could impact their lives.

Out words: voted leave

Dur: 00:42