On the announcement gy the Government that it is to establish a Fodder Action Group before Christmas, Sinn Féin MEP Matt Carthy said: “The Minister for Agriculture is kicking this crisis down the road instead of recognising that farmers and
Mercosur leaks a “damning indictment of EU Commission and Irish Government failure to protect farmers
Speaking on the leak by Greenpeace of 171 pages of classified documents relating to the EU-Mercosur trade deal, Sinn Féin MEP Matt Carthy said: “Mercusor, like TTIP, CETA and the Japan and Singapore Free Trade Agreements has been shrouded in
Carthy hosts Donegal Action for Cancer Care in European Parliament
Donegal Action for Cancer Care recently travelled to the European Parliament to stress the health implications Brexit poses to the people of Donegal. Speaking from the European Parliament in Brussels, the Midlands-North West MEP said; “Donegal Action for Cancer Care
EMU package deepens the dangerous trajectory of the EU towards less democracy and more permanent austerity
Sinn Fein MEP Matt Carthy has criticised the European commission’s ‘Economic and Monetary Union package’ released today, saying it deepens the dangerous trajectory of the EU towards less democracy and more permanent austerity. Carthy, a member of the Economic and
EU Investment Court is an affront to democracy & a threat to the Irish economy
Sinn Féin MEP Matt Carthy has said that the Government must not grant the European Commission a mandate to being negotiating for the proposed multilateral investment court system, which he described as an affront to democracy and a threat to
EU tax haven blacklist is a whitewash
Sinn Fein MEP Matt Carthy has welcomed the introduction of a tax haven blacklist by the European Commission, but has criticised the secrecy and criteria used in the selection of the list. Carthy said: “Many of us campaigning for international
Carthy meets with Catalan President Carles Puigdemont
Sinn Féin MEP Matt Carthy met with Catalan President Carles Puigdemont in Brussels this week. The meeting with President Puigdemont and other members of the Catalan government came as the Spanish government announced it is withdrawing the European Arrest Warrant
North must be granted special status within EU
Sinn Féin MEP Matt Carthy has reiterated his party’s position that there can be no hard border in Ireland after Brexit and that the North must be given Designated Special Status within the European Union. He added that DUP voters
MEP Carthy calls for action on fodder crisis
Sinn Féin MEP Matt Carthy has demanded urgent Government action to deal with the fodder crisis facing farmers across the country. He also called for the current review of the Areas of Natural Constraint (ANC) scheme to ensure more targeted aid
Brexit will severely damage the Irish road haulage sector unless certainty sought by the Irish Government
Matt Carthy MEP, who is a member of the Transport and Tourism Committee in the European Parliament has spoken of his concerns regarding the potential detrimental impact that Brexit could have on the land transport sector. Carthy said: ‘Recently the President of the Irish Road
