e-news June 2019
Molly re-elected as Green MEP for the South West, achieving 18% of the vote!
Green Party MEP for the South West
Molly re-elected as Green MEP for the South West, achieving 18% of the vote!
Molly writes for the Guardian on how a spat over VAT on solar batteries shows how Brussels-bashing is taking precedence over urgent social priorities.
Molly, who referred Nigel Farage to the European Anti-Fraud office a month ago, has welcomed the conclusion of a European Parliament Advisory Committee that Farage has committed a serious breach of the Code of Conduct.
A letter by Molly and Labour colleague Jude Kirton-Darling published in the Financial Times on why the EU must suspend the Mercosur trade deal with Brazil and other South American countries until there are guarantees that the Amazon will be protected.
A joint statement from Green MEPs to mark World Refugee Day.
Molly has welcomed the court of appeal decision to declare British arms sales to Saudi Arabia unlawful because ministers failed to properly assess their contribution to civilian casualties in Yemen.
A cross-party group of 38 UK MEPs has written to a high-level international legal commission asking it to intervene over ‘declining democratic standards’ in the UK.
As a consultation on Heathrow expansion is launched the UKs seven Green MEPs are backing a European petition demanding tax on aviation fuel.
Molly has been elected as a vice-president of the Green Group and chosen as Green negotiator to help set the European parliament’s agenda for the forthcoming term.
A letter published in the Independent in which Molly explains how proportional representation has resulted in Greens in government and a pledge that the country will be carbon neutral by 2035.