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Marian Harkin MEP Newsletter July 2013

26 July 2013

Dear friends,

Welcome to Newsletter No. 2. I hope you enjoy reading about some of the work I am involved with on your behalf both in Ireland and Brussels, as well as keeping you up to speed with other important EU developments. This is just a small selection adding to the issues covered in my first Newsletter. For more detailed information please see my website or contact my office. Questions, comments, shares and tweets all welcome!

Best regards,

Marian

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Final CAP deal flexible enough to help ensure a better future for Irish Farmers
My proposal on coupling agreed

Pictured with a Connacht-Ulster ICSA Delegation which visited Brussels in June to monitor the final negotiations on CAP Reform.

In my assessment as a Member of the European Parliament's Agriculture Committee, the final deal on CAP reform is a reasonable compromise which contains enough flexibility to safeguard the future of Irish farmers on both good and marginal land.

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Progress in the battle to end Irish water fluoridation

As part of my ongoing work on this matter, in June 2013 I supported Irish campaigner Iva Pocock to appear before the EU Parliament's Petitions Committee as part of an ongoing campaign to end the fluoridation of Irish water supplies.

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Public meeting on the sustainability of wind energy - Athlone, 12th August

On August 12th, I will be hosting a public meeting to address mounting concern about the future of wind energy in Ireland.

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New EU rules on seeds coming before MEPs - important for Gardeners and Farmers!

I have been monitoring the European Commission's proposal for new EU rules on seeds/plant reproductive materials, and I will put forward amendments in the Parliament's Agriculture Committee to ensure that Irish farmers and gardeners should be free to produce and exchange their own seeds and propagating material, without unnecessary limitations.

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At long last - EU rules for women on company boards

with EU Home Affairs Commissioner Cecilia Malmstrom at the 2012 Women in Public Life conference.

MEPs took an important step towards EU gender equality in early July when we finally agreed a roadmap to ensure more women take their place on company boards in the European Union.

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Commission continues to get it wrong on Health Claims

Further action I am taking to try and sort out the mess that is the Health Claims Regulation.

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