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EP 161 - Ceasefire Calls, #CareRef, Assange, Navalny and the Nature Restoration Law's Grand Finale
EP 161 - Ceasefire Calls, #CareRef, Assange, Navalny and the Nature Restoration Law's Grand Finale
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37 minutes
Released:
Mar 2, 2024
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Podcast episode
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A bunch of important votes and debates in the EP plenary drew the attention of the Irish media this week. After nearly five years of ignoring the case of Julian Assange, MEPs finally agreed to allow a discussion of his case onto the agenda. So where does his case stand now? The hotly-debated Nature Restoration Law - one of the flagship pieces of legislation of this mandate - finally made it over the line in a watered down form. How should it be understood? After four months of cowardly semantics about "humanitarian pauses," the European Parliament finally backed a call for a real ceasefire in Gaza. But is it something to celebrate or has it come too late? Following the appalling death of Alexei Navalny in a Russian prison, are MEPs using it to pursue a geopolitical agenda? And as Ireland gears up for a constitutional referendum, is the Care Amendment a genuine improvement, or does it swap one form of inequality for another? Join us as we explore these questions and more.
Released:
Mar 2, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (100)
Clare Daly: Address to Easter Rising Commemoration Ceremony at Sligo Cemetery: On Easter Sunday 2020, the COVID-19 crisis made it impossible to hold the traditional commemoration of the Easter Rising at the Republican Plot in Sligo Cemetery. The ceremony was instead held online. The event was chaired by Sligo Councillor Declan Bree and an address was given by video from Brussels by MEP Clare Daly. This is the audio of her speech. by I4C Trouble with Daly and Wallace