1st September 2009 - Linda takes on new environment role

Linda has been elected as a senior spokesperson on environment issues in the European Parliament.

In a vote of MEPs yesterday, Linda was elected as Environment Committee Co-ordinator for the Alliance of Socialists and Democrats. The new role means that she will speak on environmental issues for the EU-wide group in which Labour MEPs sit.

A long-term member of the Environment Committee, Linda McAvan last year was also a member of the European Parliament’s Temporary Committee on Climate Change.

She says;

"So many of the environmental problems we face today cannot be resolved by one country alone. Pollution does not respect national boundaries, and that is where common EU rules can make a real difference. So I am really pleased to be taking up this new role, especially in the run-up to the crucial climate change negotiations on Copenhagen later this year.”