Wales & the European Union event - This Friday night - ABERDARE
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 How does the Eurozone crisis affect Wales? Why is it so important that our most deprived areas continue to...
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Welsh MEP secures support for budget freeze call
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 Welsh Labour MEP, DEREK VAUGHAN, has today (Monday, 06 February 2012) secured the backing of the European Parliament’s Budgets Committee for his call on all EU institutions to freeze their...
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Labour Euro MP leading for Wales on Structural Funding
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 Welsh Labour MEP, DEREK VAUGHAN, will play a key role at the heart of discussions on the future of EU Structural Funding after being appointed lead negotiator for the European...
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Labour Euro MP calls for EU institutions budget freeze
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Labour Member of the European Parliament, DEREK VAUGHAN, will tomorrow (Wed 25 January 2012) call on all EU institutions to freeze their budgets. Mr Vaughan, who is leading on the...
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Welsh allocation of EU funding a “sharp contrast” to crisis hit English regions
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As fears grow that English regions are set to miss out on up to £1bn worth of European Regional Development Funding (ERDF) as a result of UK government cuts, Welsh...
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EU funded ARBED programme making homes warmer in Flintshire
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 Derek Vaughan MEP met with MP Mark Tami on Friday 13th January 2012 to see how funding from Europe is making a real difference in Deeside. Mr Vaughan...
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£17m EU investment to create 3,000 Welsh jobs
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 Up to 3,000 extra jobs are set to be created in Wales with the backing of £17m support from the European Social Fund which will see an extension of the...
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Welsh MEP gives backing to “Equal Love” campaign
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 A UK-wide campaign to oppose sexual discrimination in marriage and partnership law has won the unanimous support of Labour MEPs in the European Parliament, including Wales’ DEREK VAUGHAN....
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When is a veto not a veto? How Wales will pay the price for Cameron’s isolationism.
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A veto is when you say something shouldn’t happen and it doesn’t. This is not what happened last Friday morning. When the proposals go ahead anyway but with...
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Welsh Labour MEP welcomes the clean up in our national waterways this week
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"Phosphates are doing serious damage in Wales, and if it was not for legislation from the European Parliament the situation would be far worse." said DEREK VAUGHAN, Labour MEP for...
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Derek welcomes Ospreys to Brussels
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 On 30th November 2011, I was delighted to host representatives from the Ospreys Rugby Club at the European Parliament. During the visit the Ospreys showcased their plans to develop links...
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Labour Euro-MP calls on Welsh leaders to unite to stop Wales paying the price for Cameron’s isolationism
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Welsh Labour MEP, DEREK VAUGHAN, has called on the leaders of the main political parties in Wales to stand together as part of a progressive alliance to defend and protect...
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North West Wales regeneration boost will secure £5.8m extra funding
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News that Anglesey and North Gwynedd is to receive £1.9m as part of the Welsh Government’s Mon a Menai Regeneration Programme has been welcomed by the region’s Welsh...
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Denbighshire vote will bridge gap for Rhyl Foryd harbour EU funding
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 A decision by Denbighshire county councillors to spend £500,000 to meet cost increases on the Rhyl Foryd harbour project will secure £9 million of Welsh Government and European Regional Development...
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Merthyr MEP welcomes EU funding award to hometown football club
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 Welsh Labour MEP, DEREK VAUGHAN, has expressed his delight at the news that Merthyr Town FC has been given a £50,000 grant to upgrade facilities at its Penydarren...
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New EU funded South West Wales skills scheme gets the go-ahead
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A new project set to support over 10,500 workers and up to 2,250 local businesses in South West Wales and tackle skills and training gaps in the area has been...
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Euro MP gives thumbs up to EU funded Parc Eirias Events Centre
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 Welsh Labour MEP, Derek Vaughan, recently paid a visit to the Parc Eirias Events Centre, Colwyn Bay, in the week that construction on site for the new cultural, leisure and...
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European Parliament speaks out again for Fair Trade
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 The European Parliament this week adopted a Resolution ‘on a New Trade Policy for Europe under the Europe 2020 Strategy in response to the European Commission proposal on new EU...
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Welsh green jobs scheme boosted by £6m EU cash
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A scheme targeted at creating almost 100 green jobs in West Wales and the Valleys using £6m worth of investment from the European Regional Development has...
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Visit highlights the importance of groundbreaking conservation programme
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 On 25th August, Wales MEP Derek Vaughan visited the RSPB’s Three Rivers Futurescape in Carmarthenshire, to learn more about the environmental, economic and social benefits of this groundbreaking step towards...
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Welsh MEP launches new EU Funding guide
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 Welsh Labour MEP Derek Vaughan recently launched a brand new directory designed to simplify and bring together the various sources of EU funding available to groups and organisations operating in...
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Rugby fever kicks off in Brussels
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 I was delighted to host the Rugby World Cup 2011 exhibition at the European Parliament from 27th-30th June in collaboration with the New Zealand Mission to the EU. While rugby...
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'Welsh people are making a difference on fish rules' - local Euro-MP
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 A campaign backed by thousands of people in Wales to change European fishing rules and prevent the collapse of fish stocks in British waters has been boosted by an announcement...
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Welsh shoppers and farmers boosted with meaty new law from Europe
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A local politician has welcomed a new law, approved in the European Parliament this week that will help shoppers choose meat from British farms. Welsh Labour MEP, DEREK VAUGHAN, backed...
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Labour Euro MP visits EU funded projects in Powys
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 Welsh Labour MEP, DEREK VAUGHAN, today (Fri 24 June 2011) visited Welshpool, Garthmyl and Abermule, to see for himself how Mid Wales has benefitted from European Funding. Mr Vaughan met...
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Consumer rights boosted by Euro Parliament vote
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Welsh Labour MEP, DEREK VAUGHAN, has welcomed new measures agreed by the European Parliament to give consumers greater protection when they purchase goods via distance selling including the internet, over...
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Visteon Pensioners Take Fight to Brussels in "Ford Fraud" Case
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 Top managers from car giant Ford are to face new questions over the continuing campaign by more than 300 workers from the former Visteon components plant in Swansea who claim...
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Euro Parliament recognition for Swansea Premier League promotion
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 Swansea City Football Club’s promotion to the Premier League has been recognised in the European Parliament in Strasbourg. Welsh Labour MEP, DEREK VAUGHAN, a lifelong fan of the club, praised...
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Fish Fight TV chef meets Welsh Euro-MP
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Welsh Labour's Euro-MP, DEREK VAUGHAN has welcomed celebrity chef Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall and his high profile Fish Fight campaign to Brussels today.
Thousands of people from across Wales have backed the...
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EU gives Bluetongue boost to Welsh farmers, says Euro MP
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An EU vote today (Thursday 7 April) has given farmers in Wales greater control over vaccinations against the deadly Bluetongue disease and will finally allow the UK to be granted...
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