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Article: Nov 29, 2011Over the last year, I have been challenging the Scottish Government to come clean about Scotland facing a £100 million fine from the European Commission about wrong interpretation of land use.
I urged the Scottish Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs, Richard Lochhead, to own up to farmers about the likely penalties that Scotland would face and to work with Europe to reduce the impact on Scottish agriculture.
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Article: Apr 6, 2011
Liberal Democrat Campaign Chair George Lyon alongside candidate for Cromarty, Skye, Lochaber & Badenoch Alan MacRae and retiring MSP John Farquhar Munro launched the Liberal Democrat Rural Action plan today at the Dingwall Marts.
Commenting after the launch Mr Lyon said:
"Liberal Democrats are the traditional party of rural Scotland. Our farmers and crofters need MSPs who understand the challenges we face and can fight our corner in Parliament.
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Article: Mar 31, 2011
George Lyon, Liberal Democrat MEP for Scotland, has called on European Commissioner Ciolos to clarify whether the threat of a £100 million fine for misinterpretation of the rules on eligible acres is still hanging over Scotland.
In a debate which took place in the European Parliament last November, the Commissioner indicated that the outcome of the EU auditors' inspections in Scotland would be made public in December.
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Article: Dec 23, 2010
This Christmas is the 96th anniversary of when British and German troops, fighting against each other during World War One, put down their weapons, left their trenches near Armentieres in France, and played a football match against each other. 95 years later our newspapers carried pictures of British troops playing football with Iraqi children as they finished their tours of duty in the war stricken land.
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Article: Dec 8, 2010By George Lyon
With the UK covered in a blanket of snow at the time of writing, it is fitting that MEPs have been fighting to save one of Scotland's fastest growing winter sports from a new EU directive.
In May, the European Commission introduced new rules that limit the total number of animals that can be moved from one country to another at any one time to five per person.
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Article: Oct 14, 2010By George Lyon in Liberal Democrat Voice
What a year it has been for Liberal Democrats.
This time last year, I don't think anyone in their heart of hearts believed that Liberals would form part of the government for the first time since 1945.
But this time last year we did have the right arguments for the future direction of our country.
We argued that the old politics of red/blue, blue/red was damaging the fabric of the country and that it was time for something different, time to vote for change.
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Article: Aug 13, 2010By George Lyon MEP in Am Paipear
Tragically at the time of writing, the flooding in Northern Pakistan is estimated to have affected upwards of 14 million people. Another disaster and yet another poignant reminder that billions of people continue to live in extreme poverty and with little or no access to the luxuries that we take for granted such as food, clean water and medication.
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Article: Jul 19, 2010By George Lyon in the Guardian
Quiet diplomacy, it is said, helped to win the Cold War. By gently manoeuvring behind the scenes, diplomats were able to bring the Soviet Union and the United States back from the brink of nuclear conflict towards détente, and eventually peace.
This success created a paradigm that others have followed. But in the post-Cold War world, where success is measured not only by outcome but by process, can quiet diplomacy really still serve the common good?
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Article: Jun 4, 2010By George Lyon
One year ago today, people across Scotland were going to the polls in the European elections.
Much has changed in the last twelve months but the central promise I made to you then remains today - to be a campaigning MEP, standing up for Scotland's interests both in Brussels and in Scotland.
In the European Parliament, I feel very lucky that I have been able to combine my two great passions in life, farming and politics, by serving on the European Agriculture Committee. In this role I have been writing a report on the future of the Common Agricultural Policy.
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Article: Mar 13, 2010By George Lyon MEP in Stephen's Linlithgow Journal
If ever you needed proof that David Cameron is not fit to lead Britain, then today we got it in the principled defection of former Tory MEP Edward McMillan Scott to the Liberal Democrats.
My new colleague was damning in his assessment of Cameron's Conservatives saying that their European Parliament group - the European Conservative and Reformists - contained "MEPs who have extremist pasts". He also said that Cameron was, like a wolf in sheep's clothing, deceiving the electorate in opposition only to destroy Britain in Government.
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