# european-parliament - Thursday 30 June, 2022
# How It Works
# How It Works
In the final topic of our 18-month initiative, we shone a spotlight on the EU itself and our part in it. Turns out we had a lot to learn.
# european-parliament - Wednesday 29 June, 2022
# Influencers
# Influencers
How do we punch above our weight on the European stage? Get into groupings, get specialised and stick around, writes CJ McKinney.
# european-parliament - Tuesday 28 June, 2022
# European Parliament
# European Parliament
Independent studies showed that a total of €109 million a year could be saved if all parliament activity was moved to Brussels.
# european-parliament - Monday 27 June, 2022
# How It Started
# How It Started
Watch our webinar on how Ireland found itself at the heart of the EU 50 years ago – and how it’s working for us now.
# european-parliament - Sunday 26 June, 2022
# EU Say
All 13 of our MEPs reveal their personal highs and lows of working within the European Parliament. Frustrations include defence issues, pace of progress on climate, and feeling unheard by the Council and Commission. Division among MEPs on whether the EU should have more power - or already has enough. Priorities for next five years range from climate action to mental health to fostering EU businesses.
# european-parliament - Wednesday 22 June, 2022
# EU Quiz
# EU Quiz
How much do ‘EU’ know?
# european-parliament - Monday 20 June, 2022
# Register
# Register
Join us at 1pm this Thursday to see how it started… and how it’s going.
# european-parliament - Thursday 16 June, 2022
# Explainer
# Explainer
Historically, the Parliament lacked legislative power – but the Lisbon Treaty aimed to fix that.
# european-parliament - Tuesday 14 June, 2022
# Power
# Power
Two EU committees have formally objected to the contentious proposal from the European Commission.
# european-parliament - Wednesday 8 June, 2022
# Address
# Address
Micheál Martin said Ireland supports the strongest possible sanctions on Russia, understanding that it will involve costs.
# european-parliament - Tuesday 7 June, 2022
# Strasbourg
# Strasbourg
Micheal Martin is in Strasbourg for a series of engagements in the Council of Europe, marking Ireland’s presidency of the body.
# european-parliament - Sunday 22 May, 2022
# European Parliament
# European Parliament
Ireland South MEP Grace O’Sullivan, who was one of the delegates, criticised the decision.
# european-parliament - Wednesday 6 April, 2022
# Ukraine
# Ukraine
Daly has previously voted against a resolution to condemn Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
# european-parliament - Tuesday 5 April, 2022
# Full Working Language
# Full Working Language
On 1 January, the Irish language became a full official and working language of the European Union. It’s been a long road to get here.
# european-parliament - Tuesday 1 March, 2022
# European Parliament
# European Parliament
The President of the European Parliament welcomed Ukraine’s application to join the EU, saying “we will work towards that goal.”
# european-parliament - Wednesday 2 February, 2022
# Energy
# Energy
At least five Irish MEPs said last month that they plan to oppose the contentious proposal.
# european-parliament - Tuesday 18 January, 2022
# Roberta Metsola
# Roberta Metsola
The vote comes a week after the sudden death of outgoing centre-left president David Sassoli.
# european-parliament - Tuesday 11 January, 2022
# EU
# EU
The Italian had been in hospital for over two weeks due to a dysfunction of his immune system.
# european-parliament - Wednesday 1 December, 2021
# Future Of Europe
The tumultuous nature of the UK's exit may have changed what euroscepticism means. Is there a difference between 'hard eurosceptics' and soft eurosceptics'? The next 12 months may tell us a lot about the EU's stability, writes Rónán Duffy.
# european-parliament - Tuesday 19 October, 2021
# Polexit
# Polexit
Ursula von der Leyen warned that the European Commission “will act” to protect Polish citizens’ democratic institutions.
# european-parliament - Tuesday 12 October, 2021
# CLIMATE CRISIS
# CLIMATE CRISIS
Let’s explore the Green Deal and the EU’s other plans and policies around climate.
# european-parliament - Saturday 9 October, 2021
# The Good Info Project
# The Good Info Project
In October 2019, 290 MEPs voted against resuming search and rescue efforts in the Mediterranean. Four were Fine Gael MEPs. What was behind that vote?
# european-parliament - Saturday 18 September, 2021
# Speaking Out
# Speaking Out
A series of four EU citizens’ panels will run over the next few months – with one taking place in Dublin.
# european-parliament - Thursday 16 September, 2021
# Violence
# Violence
Ursula von der Leyen said legislation would be drawn up by the end of this year.
# european-parliament - Tuesday 14 September, 2021
# Climate Action
# Climate Action
A climate report has said the scale of recent changes to the climate system are “unprecedented” over hundreds and thousands of years.
# european-parliament - Thursday 9 September, 2021
# TGIP
Gráinne Ní Aodha asked all 13 Irish MEPs for their thoughts on the EU's response to the border wall in Poland. One Irish MEP said that what Poland was doing was "no better than what Trump was trying to do along the US-Mexico border", and that the EU should condemn it. This month, The Good Information Project will focus on migration and the EU.
# european-parliament - Monday 28 June, 2021
# European Parliament
# European Parliament
Daly and Wallace said that Ecuador’s and Venezuela’s elections were “conducted fairly and impartially, and their results are beyond question”.
# european-parliament - Wednesday 28 April, 2021
# Brexit
# Brexit
Members of the European Parliament had threatened to reject the agreement over the UK’s actions on the NI Protocol.
# european-parliament - Tuesday 27 April, 2021
# Sofagate
# Sofagate
The commission president was denied a chair at top-level talks in Ankara this month.
# european-parliament - Wednesday 14 April, 2021
# Covid Passports
# Covid Passports
If approved by the European Parliament , the Irish Government would be obliged to issue Digital Green Certificates when they are requested by citizens for EU travel.
# european-parliament - Saturday 27 March, 2021
# Stop The Clocks
# Stop The Clocks
The summer and winter changes were set to be scrapped from 2021, but there’s disagreement among EU countries.
# european-parliament - Wednesday 17 March, 2021
# Vaccination Cert
# Vaccination Cert
The commission is working to have the vaccine travel certificates ready by June.
# european-parliament - Wednesday 3 March, 2021
# So Long Farewell
# So Long Farewell
The Hungarian leader has overseen an increasingly authoritarian regime.
# european-parliament - Wednesday 16 December, 2020
# Brexit
# Brexit
The European Commission president addressed the European Parliament this morning.
# european-parliament - Thursday 10 December, 2020
# EMA
# EMA
A decision on the approval of the Pfizer/BioNtech is due on 29 December.
# european-parliament - Friday 23 October, 2020
# Food For Thought
# Food For Thought
The move is seen as a victory for environmentalists.
# european-parliament - Wednesday 7 October, 2020
# Financial Services
# Financial Services
The Fine Gael MEP will replace Phil Hogan, who resigned in the wake of the Golfgate scandal.
# european-parliament - Tuesday 8 September, 2020
# Euro Star
# Euro Star
Ursula von der Leyen said that McGuinness has “significant political experience on EU issues”.
# MEP
# MEP
Colm Markey will replace Mairead McGuinness as an MEP.
# european-parliament - Tuesday 1 September, 2020
# Essential Workers
# Essential Workers
Billy Kelleher, Seán Kelly, and Ciarán Cuffe have written to Taoiseach Micheál Martin to ask for MEPs to be treated as essential workers for travel purposes.
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