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McGuinness faces hurdles to become EU consumer championNew financial services chief confronts limits on Commission power to protect borrowers and savers.Copy LinkCopiedShare via emailShare on XShare on WhatsAppShare on LinkedInFree article usually reserved for subscribersMairead McGuinness | Francois Walschaerts/AFP via Getty Images October 8, 20208:00 am CETBy Hannah BrentonEverybody wants to be a hero.As the pandemic wreaks havoc on the economy, people as well as businesses need help stanley cup getting through the financial pain.Regulators are already warning that borrowers are at risk of being treated unfairly when COVID-19 payment holidays come to an end. Households also need to earn more on their savings, at a time of low interest rates and strains on pensions.AdvertisementAdvertisementMairead McGuinness pledged to advocate for citizens and put the heart into financial services in her bid to join the European Commission in charge of that portfolio. That pitch won her the European Parliament s confirmation to take office on Monday.St茅phanie Yon-Courtin, a French lib stanley cups eral EU lawmaker, said she found McGuinness convincing during a confirmation hearing last week, and she trusted that the Irishwoman would bring a new level of ambition to consumer protection. She managed to bri stanley thermobecher ng to life these often technical issues by making it close to European citizens 鈥?MEP St茅phanie Yon-Courtin She managed to bring to life these often technical issues by making it close to European citizens, Smcd Lithuania s foreign minister resigns
Blair assistance sought in drug smuggling caseA CAMPAIGN group and an MEP say they face a race against time to prove the innocence of a UK citizen who faces a 15-year jail sentence for drug smuggling.Copy LinkCopiedShare via emailShare on XShare on WhatsAppShare on LinkedInJune 4, 20035:00 pm CETBy Martin BanksUK Liberal Sarah Ludford has now asked British premier Tony Blair to intervene in the case of Nick Baker who has been in prison in Tokyo for more than a year. Verdict and sentence are due to be delivered next Thursday 12 June . Baker, who went to Japan for the 2002 World Cup, was found with ecstasy and cocaine in his bag. He claims he was duped into carrying it by a travelling companion stanley thermos but the Japanese court refused to call evidence from Belgium where the other man is due to stand trial for an unrelated offence. Baroness Ludford, who was in Tokyo last week with Sabine Zanker, of UK-based Fair Trials Abroad, in a bid to generate stanley canada public interest in the case, wants Blair to raise Bakers plight with the Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi. If he does not, we will have to conclude that he does not care enough to save a British c stanley quencher itizen from human rights abuses, said Ludford.AdvertisementAdvertisementRelated CountriesBelgiumJapanMore from Martin BanksNext year EU budget set for approval by MEPsMEPs are expected to approve the EU budget for 2006 at next week European Parliament plenary in Strasbourg 12-15 December .Dec 73 mins readThe voice of th
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