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Tuesday, 14th January 2014
Rum do for whisky
MEPs in Strasbourg for their monthly plenary session will be asked on Thursday to vote for a proposal which will give tax breaks worth over €1 billion to rum from France's Overseas Departments in the Caribbean and Indian Ocean. Speaking out against the proposal, Scottish Conservative Euro MP Struan Stevenson said:
Tuesday, 7th January 2014
Genocide of Iraq’s Sunni Population Likely, warns Scots MEP
Iraq is plummeting rapidly towards civil war and genocide according to senior EU lawmaker Struan Stevenson, a Scottish Conservative Euro MP who chairs the European Parliament’s powerful Delegation for Relations with Iraq. Stevenson says that a current Iraqi Government-ordered onslaught against supposed Al-Qaeda terrorists in six Iraqi Provinces is no more than a cover for the “annihilation of Sunnis opposed to the increasingly sectarian Shia policies of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki.”
Tuesday, 17th December 2013
Support for the Dava No More campaign [VIDEO]
Tuesday, 17th December 2013
IBE/ILAE Joint Task Force on Epilepsy distinction
Struan has been awarded a certificate from the IBE/ILAE Joint Task Force on Epilepsy to acknowledge his continued support to people with epilepsy and their caregivers.
Thursday, 12th December 2013
Common Fisheries Policy success [VIDEO]
Thursday, 12th December 2013
US attempts to conceal fate of Iraqi hostages exposed by Euro MP
A senior Euro MP has expressed astonishment at what he describes as “US attempts to conceal information about seven hostages, including six women, abducted in Iraq.” Struan Stevenson, a Scottish Conservative MEP and President of the European Parliament's Delegation for Relations with Iraq, has said that he was surprised by US Secretary of State John Kerry's response to a question about the hostages when he said the information was “classified”.
Speaking from Strasbourg, the Euro MP said:
Tuesday, 10th December 2013
Struan Stevenson MEP takes a tour of Dogs Trust rehoming centre
On Friday (6th December) MEP for Scotland, Struan Stevenson, visited the Glasgow Dogs Trust Rehoming Centre and was greeted by a number of VIPs (very important pooches). The MEP made many new furry friends at the centre, including Pip an adorable little crossbreed terrier.
Monday, 9th December 2013
Letter to the European Commission on the treatment of Italy's lettori
Struan has written to the European Commission about the treatment of foreign language lecturers in Italy (the so-called 'lettori') including recent court cases concerning the rights of the lettori.
Thursday, 5th December 2013
Conference on Iran in solidarity with the Iranian Democratic opposition
In a major conference held at the European Parliament on Wednesday, December 4, human rights violations in Iran, the Geneva nuclear agreement, and the massacre and hostage-taking in Camp Ashraf were debated in the presence of a large number of MEPs from various political groups and with the participation of Mrs. Maryam Rajavi, President-elect of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI).
Tuesday, 3rd December 2013
Letter to the European Commission on EU tax preferences for French rum
Struan has written a letter to Algirdas Semeta, European Commissioner for Taxation, Customs, Statistics, Audit and Anti-Fraud, about recent proposals by the Commission to renew excise tax preferences in favour of French rum that may harm Scotch Whisky exports.
Please click here to read the letter in full: Part 1, Part 2
