Euro Election 2014 North East leaflet

ELECTION COMMUNICATION • NORTH EAST REGION • 22 MAY 2014

ELECT YOUR GREEN MEP FOR the north EAst!

Green MEPs work fo An economy that works for people • Green MEPs are working to create millions of new jobs in green industries • We support strong local economies where small businesses and co-operatives thrive • We campaign for effective regulation of banks and successfully proposed EU legislation to cap bankers’ bonuses • We want the minimum wage to be increased to a living wage.

Public services – not for profit

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• Greens campaign to stop privatisation of public services and would fund them properly through fair taxation • We want to bring the railways back into public ownership, improve services and reduce fares • By scrapping High Speed Rail (£42.6 billion) and Trident nuclear missiles (£97 billion) we would free up money for investment in services that will benefit everyone.

THIS IS A PROPORTIONAL REPRESENTATION ELE WE CAN TREBLE THE NUMBER OF GREEN PARTY ME

or the common good A democratic, peaceful Europe • We want to reform the EU to make it more democratic and cost-effective • Unlike other parties, Green MEPs are not swayed by corporate lobbying • We constantly defend human rights and stand up for vulnerable minority groups • We push the EU to actively seek peaceful solutions to conflicts. treaty which threatened internet freedom.

A healthy environment • Green MEPs push the EU to take urgent action to combat climate change • We will replace polluting and risky sources of energy – including nuclear and fracking – with clean, safe renewables • We campaign for changes to the EU’s agriculture and fisheries policies, to protect biodiversity, animal welfare and long-term food security.

ECTION – YOUR VOTE WILL MAKE A DIFFERENCE EPS WITH SUPPORT FROM JUST ONE IN TEN VOTERS

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SHIRLEY FORD lead candidate says “North East England faces critical choices. We desperately need affordable housing for both young and more senior citizens. Our major rail line is threatened with foolish privatisation. Vital green spaces are menaced by more ‘development’. Our coastline is at risk from schemes to extract more fossil fuels despite the threat from drastic climate change.

Shirley Ford (top) – Green Party spokesperson on culture, media and sport and works in a local primary school in South Shields. shirley.ford@greenparty.org.uk Alison Whalley (left) – Working in welfare rights, supporting a Law Centre and campaigning to keep the NHS public. alison.whalley@greenparty.org.uk Caroline Robinson (right) – A former teacher, now working in the energy industry, both in commercial energy management and renewable technologies. caroline.robinson@greenparty.org.uk

“I am active in campaigns for sustainable alternatives.

As a parent I’m only too aware that we must face these challenges. Working in education, I see at firsthand the harm being done to the social fabric. Government and EU policies are hurting both people and planet. The Green Party is uniquely relevant to all these challenges.”

Greens work for the common good www. neengland.greenparty.org.uk Green MEP for the North East @ShirleyFord15 shirley.ford@greenparty.org.uk 01865 522 024 Promoted by Helmut Izaks on behalf of the North East Region Green Party European election candidate list both at Flat 6, St Marks Lodge, 4-5 St Marks Crescent, Sunderland SR4 7BW. Printed on 100% recycled paper by Pindar Scarborough Ltd, Thornburgh Road, Eastfield, Scarborough, North Yorkshire, YO11 3UY.