http://www.eurolabour.org.uk/news/ News feed from European Parliamentary Labour Party. en-gb 3 July 2008, 9:48AM GMT Copyright: (C) European Parliamentary Labour Party, see http://www.eurolabour.org.uk/site/pages/70.html for terms and conditions of reuse. 15 "Public scrutiny makes effective politics" says Gary Titley, Labour leader in Europe. http://www.eurolabour.org.uk/news/rss.xml http://www.eurolabour.org.uk/news/2029.html Glenys Kinnock MEP speaking today at the African Caribbean Pacific - EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly in Edinburgh, has reacted fiercely to the news that agriculture ministers remain determined to ignore the interest of developing countries, whilst pandering to the interests of the European sugar industry. http://www.eurolabour.org.uk/news/rss.xml http://www.eurolabour.org.uk/news/2017.html Labour MEP Michael Cashman is issuing a legal challenge to the Valencian government over their highly controversial land grab today as he believes that it contravenes the European Convention on Human Rights. http://www.eurolabour.org.uk/news/rss.xml http://www.eurolabour.org.uk/news/2016.html Labour Euro MPs last night voted to open up the European market in services. http://www.eurolabour.org.uk/news/rss.xml http://www.eurolabour.org.uk/news/2013.html Football referees should blow the final whistle as soon as a racist incident occurs at a match says Claude Moraes MEP, who will hold a hearing today in the European Parliament to launch a written declaration on racism in football. http://www.eurolabour.org.uk/news/rss.xml http://www.eurolabour.org.uk/news/2202.html The Labour leader in the European Parliament has written to Timothy Kirkhope today to ask the Tory leader if he believes his leadership will remain tenable when he is asked to withdraw the Tories from the EPP. http://www.eurolabour.org.uk/news/rss.xml http://www.eurolabour.org.uk/news/2201.html "Gotovina is safely in custody, Croatia can now get on with joining the EU as swiftly as possible" said Richard Howitt MEP, Labour's Euro Foreign Affairs spokesperson this afternoon. http://www.eurolabour.org.uk/news/rss.xml http://www.eurolabour.org.uk/news/2200.html Despite attempts by the right wing parties, the European Parliament adopted a report on the LRAU - or 'land grab' law by a large majority today. http://www.eurolabour.org.uk/news/rss.xml http://www.eurolabour.org.uk/news/2199.html Speaking after the vote in the European Parliament on data retention today Michael Cashman, Labour's spokesperson on Justice and Home Affairs said: http://www.eurolabour.org.uk/news/rss.xml http://www.eurolabour.org.uk/news/2198.html Labour MEP Glenys Kinnock MEP has reacted angrily to an attack on the trade justice movement by a Conservative MEP who called campaigners "latter day imperialists". http://www.eurolabour.org.uk/news/rss.xml http://www.eurolabour.org.uk/news/2196.html The European Parliament has approved new laws today that will make discrimination against disabled airline passengers a thing of the past. http://www.eurolabour.org.uk/news/rss.xml http://www.eurolabour.org.uk/news/2197.html Phillip Whitehead, a highly regarded Labour MEP died yesterday in Derbyshire aged 68. http://www.eurolabour.org.uk/news/rss.xml http://www.eurolabour.org.uk/news/2195.html European countries must pull together to prevent an energy black-out, Labour?s EU energy spokesperson today claimed. http://www.eurolabour.org.uk/news/rss.xml http://www.eurolabour.org.uk/news/2194.html Details of the funeral and memorial service for the late Labour MEP Phillip Whitehead have been announced today. http://www.eurolabour.org.uk/news/rss.xml http://www.eurolabour.org.uk/news/2193.html Labour MEP Michael Cashman, who is taking up his own right to a civil partnership this year, has expressed grave concern about increasing homophobia in Europe. http://www.eurolabour.org.uk/news/rss.xml http://www.eurolabour.org.uk/news/2192.html