EuroParlRadio

Online violence against women “increasingly pervasive and common” – Fitzgerald

Nearly ninety thousand women are killed every year worldwide because they are female. More than fifty thousand are killed by an intimate partner or family member. And the rise of online gender-based violence is worsening the situation.

That’s according to Dublin MEP Frances Fitzgerald who was speaking in the European Parliament last night. She told MEPs gender-based cyber violence is becoming an “increasingly pervasive and common form of violence against women”.  

MEPs are today voting on proposals to introduce new measures to tackle cyber violence against women and LGBTI people.

Here’s Frances Fitzgerald.

Out words: to you

Dur: 00:31

United front needed against Belarus regime – Kelly

EU cooperation  is needed to stand up to the autocratic leader of Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko. That’s the advice from Fine Gael MEP Sean Kelly.

His comments follow an address to the European Parliament last Wednesday by the  Belarusian opposition leade,r Sviatlana  Tsikhanouskaya. She told MEPs the regime was trying to weaponise migrants to deliberately undermine the stability and security of Europe.

And she called on the EU to take firm action against the regime in Belarus. Lukashenko is being accused of funnelling migrants primarily from the Middle East, to the country’s border with the EU, and in particular Poland.

Here’s Sean Kelly.

Out words: this behaviour

Dur: 00:28

EU needs to ‘vaccinate the world’ – Cuffe

Covid vaccines that are about to expire in the EU should be sent to poorer countries. That’s the plea from Green MEP Ciarán Cuffe.

The Dublin MEP says the EU needs to do more to get vaccines out to as many people as possible in poorer countries.  

Out words: the world

Dur: 00:26

Interview Sean Kelly MEP on CAP – Podcast

The European Parliament this week gave the green light to the new Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) which aims to be greener, fairer, more flexible and transparent. 

The new policy will come into effect in January 2023.

Strasbourg based journalist Angélique Ferat spoke to Ireland South MEP Sean Kelly after the vote on the CAP in the European Parliament in Strasbourg.

Out words: send out

Dur: 04:47

New ‘fairer’ CAP will hit wealthy farmers– Kelly

It’s ‘only right’ that wealthy farmers won’t be entitled anymore to ‘huge’ payments under the new Common Agricultural Policy.

So says Fine Gael MEP Sean Kelly. The European Parliament this week gave the green light to the new CAP which aims to be greener, fairer, more flexible and transparent. 

Under the new rules, there will be a limit on the subsidies the big farms can receive. And small farms will benefit from a “redistribution payment”.

Out words: send out

Dur:00:27

Farmers can cut carbon footprint - Kelly

Farmers will be able to reduce their carbon footprint thanks to new technologies and help from the EU.

That’s according to Ireland South MEP Sean Kelly. He was commenting on the new Common Agricultural policy that got final approval from the European Parliament this week.

The new reformed farm policy promises to be greener, fairer, more flexible and transparent. Sean Kelly says he understands the fears some farmers have about adopting more environmentally-friendly practices.

But he says new innovations are there to help them reduce their carbon emissions.  

Out words: help farmers

Dur: 00:34

Ireland needs “every sector” tackling climate change

“True catastrophic” climate change is coming unless Ireland acts across every sector – that’s the warning from one of our Green MEPs. Grace O'Sullivan was disappointed that the COP26 summit has not resulted in more binding targets for Europe and the rest of the world. She says here in Ireland every industry needs to take action.

Out words: Against climate change

Dur: 0’22”

Interview Kelleher on ‘exceptionally worrying’ Covid rise in Europe - Podcast

Interview with Billy Kelleher on the dramatic rise of Covid in certain parts of Europe.

MEPs this week said that one of the key lessons learnt from the COVID-19 pandemic was the importance of close collaboration at a European level as well as making national health systems more sustainable and resilient.

The Ireland South MEP says the rise of Covid across many parts of Europe is deeply concerning. EuroParlRadio editor Karen Coleman spoke to Billy Kelleher about the increasing Covid cases in Europe.

Out words: employment etc.

Dur: 04:01

“Cruising” to climate disaster - O‘Sullivan

Grace O’Sullivan has told fellow MEPs that the climate is on “red alert”. The European Parliament has been debating the outcome of the COP26 summit. The EU insists the idea of global warming within 1.5 degrees has been ‘kept alive’ by the deal in Glasgow. But Ireland South Green MEP, Grace O’Sullivan is convinced it is not yet enough. She says Europe should go further by ending subsidies to all polluting industries.

Out words: To climate change

Dur: 0’27”

Rise of Covid in Europe ‘exceptionally worrying’– Kelleher

Ireland still has a chance to get ahead of another Covid wave before it becomes like other parts of Europe where Covid cases are rising dramatically.

That’s according to Fianna Fail MEP Billy Kelleher who was speaking from the European Parliament in Strasbourg.  

MEPs this week said that one of the key lessons learnt from the COVID-19 pandemic was the importance of close collaboration at a European level as well as making national health systems more sustainable and resilient.

Billy Kelleher says the rise of Covid across many parts of Europe is deeply concerning.

Out words: wrong direction

Dur: 00:21