2014 (12 articles)

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• 22 October 2014: "QUALIFIED SUPPORT" FROM SNP TO NEW EUROPEAN COMMISSION
  

  The SNP Group in the European Parliament has supported the approval of Jean-Claude Juncker's College of European Commissioners in plenary session vote today - and urged Juncker's team to focus on the ...

• 26 September 2014: MEP Leads Adoption in “.scot” Adoption
  

  SNP MEP Ian Hudghton has today adopted the “.scot” domain name for his website – www.hudghtonmep.scot. Since the 23rd of September it has been possible to use the “.scot” domain and Ian Hudghton MEP i...

• 18 July 2014: EU SCARE STORIES FALL APART AS NO CAMPAIGN MEPs CONTRADICT THEIR OWN SCAREMONGERING
  

  MEP Distances Himself From Barroso’s “Loose Talk” The Scottish National Party has today said that No campaign MEPs have been ‘caught speaking common sense’ after they contradicted their own scaremong...

• 15 July 2014: JUNCKER ELECTED AS EU COMMISSION PRESIDENT
  

  The Scottish National Party group in the European Parliament has today (Tuesday) offered congratulations to Jean Claude Juncker on his appointment as President of the European Commission. The SNP's M...

• 01 July 2014: NEW EFA GROUP OF MEPs GETS TO WORK
  

  The new EFA (European Free Alliance) Group of MEPs has met in Strasbourg for the first time at the start of the new legislative term of the European Parliament. The European Free Alliance (EFA) Group...

• 06 May 2014: RESEARCH SECTOR MUST NOT BE RISKED BY WESTMINSTER AGENDA
  

  Scotland’s hugely important research sector must not be put at risk by Westminster’s anti-Europe agenda, the SNP has warned today.Since 2007, Scottish universities and research institutions have secur...

• 04 May 2014: YOUTH GUARANTEE SHOWS WESTMINSTER ‘ACTIVELY DAMAGING’ JOB PROSPECTS
  

  Westminster’s decision to stand in the way of Scotland accessing EU funding to help tackle youth unemployment has been branded one of the clearest examples of Westminster’s anti-Europe agenda “activel...

• 20 April 2014: WESTMINSTER’S FAILURE IN EUROPE HIGHLIGHTED AS EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT TERM ENDS
  

  As the seventh term of the European Parliament comes to an end ahead of elections on 22 May, the SNP has highlighted that only a vote for the SNP and a Yes vote in September will prevent another five ...

• 03 April 2014: ROAMING CHARGE VOTE LEAVES NO CAMPAIGN LOOKING RIDICULOUS
  

  European Parliament Votes To Abolish Phone Roaming Charges A vote in the European Parliament to abolish roaming charges today has left the anti-independence campaign looking even more ridiculous afte...

• 08 March 2014: SCOTTISH LABOUR AND UKIP LEGAL DEMANDS BLOCKED AS ‘INTERFERENCE’ IN REFERENDUM
  

  The Herald reports today that the President of the European Parliament, the German Social Democrat MEP Martin Schulz, has opposed a demand for legal advice from a parliamentary committee on whether Sc...

• 25 February 2014: SNP CALL ON JOHANN LAMONT TO DEFEND SCOTLAND’S EU FUNDING FROM LABOUR ATTACKS
  

  Labour Threats To Scotland's Budget Must Stop SNP President Ian Hudghton MEP has today written to Labour’s leader in Scotland, Johann Lamont, calling on her to repudiate demands from her party collea...

• 05 February 2014: SNP MEP WELCOMES EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT VOTE ON AIR PASSENGER RIGHTS
  

  Ian Hudghton MEP today welcomed a vote at the European Parliament, in favour of improving proposals by the European Commission to give compensation and assistance to passengers in the event of denied ...