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30 Most Recent Press Articles
June 2008
Published on Mon 30th Jun 2008
May ended with the Fisheries Committee visit to the north of Norway. It was effectively light for twenty four hours, although clouds meant that we did not actually see any midnight sun. We did, though, have a very useful visit, learning about their efforts to combat illegal fishing and the operation of their ban on discarding fish.
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May 2008
Published on Tue 27th May 2008
May started off travelling to the North East of Scotland, to meet with some councillors in Aberdeen, have talks about conservation policy and visit a grouse moor in Aberdeenshire, stay overnight with a friend in Fraserburgh and go to farmers' markets in Ellon and Huntly, before getting the train back down to Glasgow.
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Column April 2008
Published on Sun 27th Apr 2008
April started off in Brussels with a Committee week (Fisheries and Regional Development), several Canadian visitors (whether the EU should ban the import of seal products is a big issue at the moment) and a discussion about the upcoming "Telecoms" package.
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March 2008
Published on Mon 31st Mar 2008
March was a month in which travel played an even larger role than usual, not always for the best of reasons. It started off with group meetings in Brussels, followed by a trip north, taking in Tain, Dornoch, Invergordon and Dingwall and including visits to a school, a fishmeal factory, a distillery, a port services company and a hen sale. So far, so very good in terms of interest, usefulness and all going according to plan.
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February 2008
Published on Fri 29th Feb 2008
The first day of February saw the annual meeting in Dunblane between Scots MEPs and representatives of Scottish churches and aid organisations. There was a lively discussion, ranging from the Reform Treaty through various aspects of foreign affairs to the EU's involvement in development aid.
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January 2008
Published on Tue 29th Jan 2008
As a working month, January went past very quickly, partly because we didn't start back until the 7th and partly because there were so many different things happening after that.
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December 2007
Published on Fri 21st Dec 2007
2007 was certainly eventful for the European Parliament, through from the entry of Bulgaria and Romania in January to the signing of both the Charter of Fundamental Rights and the Lisbon Treaty in December.
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November 2007
Published on Thu 29th Nov 2007
They say that, the older you get, the quicker time passes. But I didn't altogether expect November to have disappeared in a flash. Hopefully, it is only because so much has been happening.
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October 2007
Published on Fri 26th Oct 2007
"People often believe that what we do in Brussels is somehow remote from life in Scotland. Yet, when I think that, in the course of just one week in October, we had people out to see us from Shetland Islands Council, Scottish Borders Enterprise, the Europa Institute at Edinburgh University and Inclusion Scotland - all with issues directly affecting their activities here are home - I realise just how far this is from the truth.
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September 2007
Published on Fri 28th Sep 2007
Usually, when I write, I try to report on pretty well everything that has happened during the previous month. This time, though, I want to concentrate on three of the things we have been talking about in Strasbourg this past week.
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Column August 2007
Published on Tue 28th Aug 2007
Come the last week in August we are back "in harness" after our summer break. For me this has meant a Fisheries Committee, with a discussion on ways of reducing by-catch as one of the major items, my Group's preparation for the upcoming Strasbourg session and, back home in Scotland, meeting up with members of the Scottish Parliament's European and External Relations Committee, seeing some constituents and working through a deal of casework.
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Column June 2007
Published on Fri 1st Jun 2007
The first weekend in June saw me in Orkney. Then- come the Monday- it was off to Brussels for meetings if the Fisheries and Regional Development Committees, as well as a mini-session of the full Parliament.
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Column May 2007
Published on Tue 1st May 2007
Despite all the uncertainties of the elections back at home in early May, it was work as usual in the European Parliament.
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Column March 2007
Published on Thu 1st Mar 2007
Looking back over my recent reports, they all seem to have been in diary form. So, for a change this month, I'll write about some of the things that have been happening.
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Column February 2007
Published on Thu 1st Feb 2007
February is, of course, the shortest month but this year it flew by even more quickly than usual. It began with the second day of a full Parliament meeting in Brussels, followed by a joint meeting between MEPs and representatives of Scottish churches in Dunblane.
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Column December 2006
Published on Fri 1st Dec 2006
The first full week of December started with a conference on maritime policy organised by the Scottish Parliament. After this it was off to Brussels to prepare for the Strasbourg session to follow. But the week also included two events connected with volunteering - a seminar in the Parliament and a visit to Volunteer Development Scotland in Stirling.
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Column November 2006
Published on Wed 1st Nov 2006
November began with three days in Japan, fulfilling a longstanding commitment to give some lectures on the European Parliament at one of Tokyo's universities.
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Column October 2006
Published on Sun 1st Oct 2006
October has proved to be an incredibly busy month, starting with an EU Structural Funds Forum in Glasgow and ending up with a meeting with Scottish Bishops in Edinburgh.
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Column September 2006
Published on Fri 1st Sep 2006
It is difficult to say much about the Parliament at this time of year, when we are just about to return from our six-week break from meetings and I have spent three of them on holiday.
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Column August 2006
Published on Tue 1st Aug 2006
Reviews of the year commonly come in December but, with the European Parliament taking a six-week break over the summer, now seems an appropriate time.
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Local Newspaper Column - August 2005
Published on Tue 30th Aug 2005
Usually, at this time of year, with August being our holiday month, I am reporting back on travel to other and mostly southern parts of Europe. For various family reasons ? including the visit of a cousin of my husband?s from Australia ? we decided to stay in Scotland instead.
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Local Newspaper Column - July 2005
Published on Fri 19th Aug 2005
The last Strasbourg session began with a real buzz, as we voted down, by a massive majority, a proposed new law on computer implemented inventions (more commonly known as the software patents directive).
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Local Newspaper Column - June 2005
Published on Thu 7th Jul 2005
July sees the G8 summit and the beginning of the six-month UK Presidency of the EU. I am glad that the government made two of its priorities the same - poverty relief and climate change. Removing the burden of debt on the developing world is of major importance. But "making poverty history" also means giving it free and fair access to the world's markets.
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Local Newspaper Column - May 2005
Written by Elspeth Attwooll on Tue 31st May 2005
They say time goes faster as you get older but, even so, I find it difficult to believe that it is a whole month since I sat down to write this column. Perhaps, though, it is because so much has happened since.
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