This Irish woman is in the running for the European Parliament presidency
McGuinness said that she hoped her gender doesn’t influence the decision either way, and that the position was by no means secured.
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McGuinness said that she hoped her gender doesn’t influence the decision either way, and that the position was by no means secured.
The Tánaiste said he has a “very frank discussion” with Prendergast in his office earlier today.
It’s been a tough 24 hours for the Tánaiste but he has a big visitor today.
The emergency finance is needed because revenue from import duties fell below EU forecasts.
Enda Kenny welcomed an agreement and said it was an important day for “youth, the unemployed and the impoverished”.
EU leaders agreed to hold further discussions on agreeing a budget for the next seven years as well as plugging a shortfall in this year’s finances following negotiations, chaired by Ireland, in Brussels.
“Fair and independent justice is needed in Ukraine, and the release of Mr Lutsenko is a step in the right direction,” the president of the European Parliament said today.
The budget for 2014 to 2020 was comprehensively beaten in a vote by MEPs, whose president Martin Schulz welcomed the vote.
The President of the European Parliament affirms, however, that MEPs will probably not pass the EU’s draft seven-year Budget.
The Government will meet the president of the European Parliament, Martin Schulz, and chairpersons of the Parliament’s political groups, on Thursday.
Martin Schulz told the Dáil the public must have trust in European leaders – who therefore have to act on their promises.
The Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform said the Government is continuing to work for a better deal.
Well, he’s a former bookseller, a football fan – and Silvio Berlusconi once compared him to a concentration camp guard.
A UKIP member of the European Parliament is kicked out of the chamber for Nazi jibes, and refusing to apologise.