Seán Kelly MEP has rubbished claims by the British Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, suggesting the EU will stop the transport of food products from Great Britain to Northern Ireland as “a deliberate attempt to misinterpret mutually designed provisions in the Protocol on Northern Ireland” and nothing more than “an audacious act to justify the breaking of […]

The European Council needs to reverse their decision to scrap a new fund designed to rescue European businesses from bankruptcy, MEP for Ireland South and Leader of Fine Gael in the European Parliament, Sean Kelly, has insisted. The fund in question is the proposed €26 billion Solvency Support Instrument (SSI), which had been designed to […]

Ireland should act fast to seize export opportunities under the EU-Vietnam trade deal, which comes into force this weekend (August 1), insists Seán Kelly MEP, a Member of the European Parliament’s Trade Committee and standing Rapporteur for the ASEAN region. The Ireland South MEP said that trade will be an essential factor in global economic recovery, […]

The European People’s Party (EPP) Group in the European Parliament has appointed Ireland South MEP, Sean Kelly, to three important policy positions aimed at securing EU support to small and medium sized businesses (SMEs) for the COVID-19 recovery. MEP Kelly will lead discussions in the Parliament’s Industry Committee on the EUR 300 billion Solvency Support […]

MEP for Ireland South and Leader of Fine Gael in the European Parliament, Seán Kelly, has called for the development of strategic Renewable Energy projects – including Irish offshore wind – to be placed at the centre of recovery plans in Ireland and across the European Union. Mr. Kelly, who in 2018 negotiated the 32% […]