Knowing you... LINDA McAVAN
Who is she?
Linda McAvan comes from UK (Yorkshire). She is a MEP since 1998 for the Labour Party. BA (Hons.) Languages. Administrator, Confederation of Socialist Parties of the European Community (1985-1988). Vice-Chairwoman of the Socialists Group.
Curriculum vitae:
http://www.Europarl.europa.eu/members
What is she working on at the EP?
Linda McAvan is a member of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety and the Temporary Committee on Climate Change.
What does she think about…?
“A lot of people have talked about leadership, about Europe leading. Some of us met some of the key players from China and the United States, who were going to be in Poznań and will be in Copenhagen. To be honest, they are pretty sceptical about Europe leading on climate change and they made it very clear that, if we do not lead, they have their own plans. So Europe has to make a choice: either we lead or we dance to other people’s tunes.
You mentioned the economic crisis. It was failure to act to regulate financial institutions which has caused this crisis – failure by politicians as well as banks. Let us not make that same mistake on climate change. If we do, it will be ordinary people who will pay the price for our failure, just as they are paying the price today for failure on the banking crisis.”
Speech of Linda McAvan. Debate: State of the negotiations on the climate change and energy package. 04/12/08. Brussels.
Who is she?
Linda McAvan comes from UK (Yorkshire). She is a MEP since 1998 for the Labour Party. BA (Hons.) Languages. Administrator, Confederation of Socialist Parties of the European Community (1985-1988). Vice-Chairwoman of the Socialists Group.
Curriculum vitae:
http://www.Europarl.europa.eu/members
What is she working on at the EP?
Linda McAvan is a member of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety and the Temporary Committee on Climate Change.
What does she think about…?
“A lot of people have talked about leadership, about Europe leading. Some of us met some of the key players from China and the United States, who were going to be in Poznań and will be in Copenhagen. To be honest, they are pretty sceptical about Europe leading on climate change and they made it very clear that, if we do not lead, they have their own plans. So Europe has to make a choice: either we lead or we dance to other people’s tunes.
You mentioned the economic crisis. It was failure to act to regulate financial institutions which has caused this crisis – failure by politicians as well as banks. Let us not make that same mistake on climate change. If we do, it will be ordinary people who will pay the price for our failure, just as they are paying the price today for failure on the banking crisis.”
Speech of Linda McAvan. Debate: State of the negotiations on the climate change and energy package. 04/12/08. Brussels.
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