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| Affiliation | Green |
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| Name | Patricia McKenna |
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| Info | Patricia McKenna was elected to the European Parliament in 1994. She stood as the Green Party candidate and topped the poll in Dublin, getting 14.5% of the votes. She was re-elected in the European elections in June 1999.As an MEP, Patricia divides her time between the Parliament Offices in Dublin, Brussels and Strasbourg. MEPs are involved in all aspects of the European Union, from legislation to budgets. The work of the European Parliament is mainly done through a series of twenty standing Committees, on which MEPs sit.
Patricia is a full member of two of these: the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Protection Committee and the Fisheries Committee.
She is a substitute member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, Common Security and Defence Policy.
In addition to these, Patricia was a member of the Temporary Committee on Echelon, and is a member of the Parliament's Delegation for Relations with Member States of ASEAN, South-East Asia and the Republic of Korea and Vice President of the Peace Initiatives Intergroup.
Patricia has been involved in many campaigns as an MEP and politician. She is perhaps best-known for her victory over the Government in the Supreme Court in 1995 (the 'McKenna Judgement'). She took a case against the Government of the day for its unconstitutional use of taxpayers' money for propaganda purposes in referendum campaigns.
She is also well-known for her opposition to the nuclear industry, her campaigns on the Nice, Maastricht and Amsterdam Treaties, her protests against US-led military aggression in various parts of the world, and her efforts to have genetically modified organisms banned.
Patricia's dedication and commitment as a politician have been evident since 1987 when she was one of the organisers of the Irish campaign against the Single European Act. She later acted as one of the Dail advisers to Ireland's first Green TD, Roger Garland, and was Co-Secretary of the European Green Coordination.
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