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Kelly calls for flexible State aid rules for energy

Published: Thu, 17 March 2022

Seán Kelly, MEP for Ireland South, is calling on the European Commission to allow for greater flexibility in state aid rules for energy to help combat the recent spike in the price of electricity and gas.

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EU needs its own “Sunshine Protection Act” – MEP Kelly

Published: Wed, 16 March 2022

Seán Kelly MEP is calling on the European Council to relaunch discussions on scrapping the bi-annual clock change, following the US Senate’s adoption of the Sunshine Protection Act on Tuesday.

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Opinion: Fighting foreign interference and disinformation

Published: Tue, 15 March 2022

The Russian Federation’s denials of their heinous bombing of a maternity hospital in Mariupol last week, which killed and wounded women and children at their most vulnerable, is a shocking reminder of just how sinister disinformation can be.

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Opinion: Pegasus spyware: defending democracy and the rule of law

Published: Tue, 15 March 2022

Pegasus is a military grade spyware tool developed and licensed by an Israeli company, the NSO Group. It was used in different countries to target smartphones belonging to journalists, human rights activists, and opposition figures, and has been “widely misused”, according to an investigation by journalism non-profit organisation Forbidden Stories, released in July 2021.

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Kelly: Ukraine must be given clear pathway to joining the EU

Published: Tue, 01 March 2022

Seán Kelly, MEP for Ireland South, has welcomed the European Parliament’s endorsement of candidate status for Ukraine. “The European Parliament has voted overwhelmingly in favour of granting EU candidate status to Ukraine,” MEP Kelly stated, “I am calling on all EU institutions to work together to make this a reality as soon as feasible.”

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