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Parliament beefs up protection for online shoppers – Kelly

EU-wide rules to better protect consumers against scams and detect and stop rogue traders more swiftly were approved by MEPs this week in the European Parliament. National enforcement authorities will have more powers to detect and halt online breaches of consumer protection laws. The new EU rules aim to close legal loopholes, which are exacerbated because consumer protection systems differ from one EU country to the next. The Fine Gael MEP Sean Kelly explains more. 

Out words: it exchanged

Dur: 00:37

 

 

Global effort needed to tackle tax avoidance – Carthy

MEPs in the European Parliament are calling on EU countries to take steps to clamp down on tax avoidance schemes. The latest tax dodging revelations exposed in the Paradise papers, were debated in the Parliament yesterday. A number of MEPs underlined the threat posed by unfair tax practices. Others criticised national tax authorities for failing to crack down on tax avoidance schemes. The Sinn Fein MEP Matt Carthy says a global effort is needed to eliminate the practice of tax avoidance by some of the world's richest companies and people.   

Out words: an end

Dur: 00:35

Ireland ‘embarrassingly’ exposed in tax havens discussion – Carthy

Ireland’s reputation took a battering this week in the European Parliament and it hadn’t anything to do with last night’s soccer match against Denmark. According to the Sinn Fein MEP Matt Carthy, Ireland was mentioned several times during yesterday’s debate on the Paradise papers. MEPs discussed the latest media revelations about large-scale tax avoidance by some of the world’s richest people and companies.

Out words: paying taxes

Dur: 00:40

Interview Sinn Fein MEP Matt Carthy on all-Ireland soccer team

The Sinn Fein MEP Matt Carthy talks to EuroParlRadio's Editor Karen Coleman about why he believes Ireland's defeat against Denmark in last night's soccer match highights the need for an all-Ireland soccer team. 

Out words: across Ireland 

Dur: 2:27 

 

 

Defeat shows need for all-Ireland soccer team – Carthy

Last night’s crushing defeat in Ireland’s match against Denmark reinforces the need to establish an all-Ireland soccer team. So says the Sinn Fein MEP Matt Carthy. The Midlands North-West MEP – who’s attending the European Parliament’s plenary session in Strasbourg this week - had to console his eleven year old son last night following the Danish win.

Out words: big competitions

Dur: 00: 28

Interview with Mairead McGuinness on Brexit negotiations

EuroParlRadio's editor Karen Coleman talks to the Fine Gael MEP and Vice-President of the European Parliament Mairead McGuinness on the chances of a breakthrough on the Brexit negotiations before the end of the year and the disunity among Tory MPs on setting a deadline for a Brexit. 

Out words: make progress 

Dur: 4:41 

 

Little signs of Brexit ‘breakthrough’ – McGuinness

The signs of a breakthrough in the Brexit negotiations before the end of the year are not looking good. That’s according to the Fine Gael MEP Mairead McGuinness. Her comments follow yesterday’s round of Brexit debates in the House of Commons where Theresa May faced opposition to her efforts to fix a date for Brexit in March 2019. Mairead McGuinness says the hopes of reaching a deal by the end of the year on the first phase of negotiations on Northern Ireland, the final bill and citizens’ rights are fading. 

Out words: the future

Dur: 00:42

Unity of 27 ‘very strong’ on Brexit – McGuinness

The disunity among Tory MPs on the Brexit negotiations isn’t boding well when it comes to the chances of breaking a deal before the end of the year. That’s the view of the Fine Gael MEP Mairead McGuinness. She was referring to yesterday’s debate in the House of Commons on Brexit. Theresa May faced a revolt from some of her MPs over her efforts to set a Brexit date for March 2019. The Midlands North West MEP says the rest of the 27 EU countries are still very united on Brexit.

Out words: United Kingdom

Dur: 00:30

Saving lives by boosting car safety in the EU – European Parliament

All new cars should be equipped with technologies that improve car safety and reduce deaths caused by road accidents. They’re the demands being made by MEPs in the European Parliament. Last night the European Parliament debated ways to make vehicles safer such as installing systems that are capable of detecting pedestrians, braking automatically or adapting the speed. Every year, more than 25,000 people are killed and hundreds of thousands injured on Europe’s roads. About 90% of these accidents are due to human error. MEPs say that many of these deaths and accidents could be avoided by using new technologies to assist drivers in dangerous situations. The Fine Gael MEP Deirdre Clune, who is on the European Parliament’s Transport Committee, explains.

Out words: horrific injuries

Dur: 00:36

“I don’t know how much longer this game is going to go on” – Marian Harkin on Theresa May’s Brexit negotiating

Members of the European Parliament were given an update this week on Brexit talks, following a Brussels summit last week. British Prime Minister Theresa May pursued a charm offensive with other leaders in Brussels, but then returned to London and told the British Parliament that unless there was a trade deal by March 2019, there would be no transition period.

Marian Harkin, an independent MEP representing Midlands North-West, says this would inevitably mean a hard Brexit. She says May is wearing two masks, one for Brussels and one for London.