15 Most Recent Stories From Diana Wallis MEP News Stories

Thu 2nd Sep 2010:

Finland's Arctic Strategy and the EU.

Diana spoke in Helsinki recently on Finland's Arctic strategy from an EU perspective. Speaking at a seminar organised by the Finnish Institute of International Affairs Diana began also by congratulating Finland's Ambassador for Arctic Affairs, Hannu Halinen and those involved in drafting the strategy. She stressed that she can't speak on behalf of all three EU institutions and also gave some background as to why a British parliamentarian is interested in these issues. Wallis stated that five years ago the Baltic Sea strategy took precedence in the "Northern Dimension" of the EU. It was Mr Stubb, then an MEP, that pushed for this, but now it is also right that we redress the balance and begin to focus on Arctic affairs.

Wed 1st Sep 2010:

Diana nominated for 'MEP of the year' award.

Diana has been nominated for 'MEP of the year' award by the prestigious Parliament magazine.

Tue 20th Jul 2010:

E-Justice: EU web portal launched .

The first version of the European "e-Justice" web portal has been launched in Brussels following the informal meeting of the Justice and Internal Affairs Council, in the presence of Members of the European Parliament, European Justice Ministers, Commission Vice President Reding and organisations representing legal practitioners.

Diana meets the writer and campaigner Jasvinder Sanghera in Brussels .

Diana met the writer and campaigner Jasvinder Sanghera in Brussels recently.

Fri 16th Jul 2010:

Liberal group in the European Parliament defines its project for the Citizen's Initiative.

The Liberal group in the European Parliament (the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe) considers the provision for the Citizen's Initiative of the Lisbon Treaty to be a major democratic step forward and intends to make it a success.

Thu 15th Jul 2010:

Book launch.

On Wednesday in Brussels Diana spoke at the launch of the book: 'Kreppa: what we should learn from the Icelandic crisis.'

Wed 14th Jul 2010:

Diana welcomes plans to scrap 'Backdated Ports Rates'.

Diana has welcomed the announcement of legislation to waive the £175 million of backdated business rates demands that had been levied on ports businesses in the Humber sub-region.

Tue 13th Jul 2010:

Diana visits north Lincolnshire farm .

Diana visited a north Lincolnshire farm today. She toured the farm (RJ and AE Godfrey near Elsham), which is a family business producing pigs and growing arable crops, before discussing a range of issues with a group of farmers over lunch.

Thu 8th Jul 2010:

Rethinking Europe for local government in Yorkshire & the Humber.

Diana attended the Local Government Yorkshire & the Humber Annual Conference and AGM at the Royal Armouries in Leeds at the end of June. She participated in a workshop on Europe which considered a number of options for local authorities in the region as they prepare themselves for European policy changes and the abolition and changing role of Yorkshire Forward.

Diana backs Iceland's EU ambitions.

The prospect of Iceland becoming a new EU Member State was welcomed by Diana as the European Parliament supported a resolution dealing with Iceland's application for membership of the European Union in Strasbourg on Wednesday.

Tue 6th Jul 2010:

Liberal group the "kingmaker" of the EU parliament .

A new study of voting patterns in the European Parliament says the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE) is the 'kingmaker' in the new Parliament being able to choose to form a winning majority either with the centre-right EPP or the centre-left Socialist group (S&D) along with the Greens/EFA (and sometimes GUE/NGL).

Tue 29th Jun 2010:

Diana welcomes St John Fisher School to the European Parliament.

Diana welcomed pupils from St John Fisher School to Brussels recently. The pupils from the Harrogate school's 6th form toured the European Parliament building, had presentations from members of the Parliament's staff and later spoke to Diana Wallis MEP.

Sat 26th Jun 2010:

Multi Level Governance in the Arctic .

On Thursday June 24th North Norway European Office arranged its fourth workshop on Arctic issues: Multi Level Governance in the Arctic.

Thu 24th Jun 2010:

Meeting the Speaker of the Greenland Parliament.

Diana met the Speaker of the Greenland Parliament, Mr. Josef Motzfeldt, in Brussels today. They discussed the ban on the trade in seal products (the implementation process of which was voted on that day in the IMCO Committee in the European Parliament), oil and gas exploitation and the future relationship between the respective Parliaments.

Wed 23rd Jun 2010:

European Commission convenes legal expert group to seek solutions on contract law.

The European Commission, seeking to boost cross-border trade and to ensure strong rights for consumers, has convened a new expert group to propose ways to improve contract law in the European Union. The group of eighteen contract law experts, lawyers and consumer representatives met for the first time recently in Brussels.

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