Wednesday, 15th February – Strasbourg – This week, the European Parliament in Strasbourg has approved new rules which will allow widespread preventive vaccination against the livestock disease bluetongue. Previous EU rules only allowed a farmer to vaccinate if they were in a designated exclusion zone. This was because the vaccines were “live” and therefore could [...]
On the 2nd of March 2012, in the prestigious surroundings of one of the world’s greatest and oldest universities, Robert Sturdy MEP, Vice-Chairman of the European Parliament’s International Trade Committee, will be hosting a trade conference aimed at bringing together British SMEs and national and European experts, advisers and officials, to provide [...]
Brussles, Wednesday 1st February 2012 – The EU’s trade waiver for Pakistan – initially proposed to assist Pakistan following the devastating 2010 floods – is finally near realisation after all opponents dropped their opposition at the WTO today. Robert Sturdy MEP, vice-president of the European Parliament’s trade committee, has been a strong advocate of the waiver [...]
