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European Parliament Archive
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Credit where it’s due
Posted on 25/06/2009 | No CommentsThe Conservatives have now formed their new group in the European Parliament, having left the EPP to found the European Conservatives and Reformists, ECR. David Cameron has kept his campaign promise from his leadership election in the autumn of 2005. A lot of words have... -
The Conservatives are on the way out
Posted on 29/05/2009 | No CommentsCaroline Jackson, a Conservative MEP who is standing down this time, has gone into print in European Voice to criticise the decision to leave the EPP after the elections. (Read the article here.) This was a commitment made by David Cameron when he was running... -
Is the European Parliament powerful or not?
Posted on 24/05/2009 | 1 CommentA combination of the expenses scandal in Westminster and the European parliamentary elections is producing a strange outcome in the newspapers. On the one hand, we are told that the European elections don’t matter much, that the turnout on 4 June will be low and... -
The future agenda and role of the European Parliament
Posted on 11/04/2009 | No CommentsReport from the Federal Union AGM The opening speaker at the Federal Union conference was Andrew Duff MEP, leader of the UK Liberal Democrats in the European Parliament, ALDE spokesperson on constitutional issues, and president of the Union of European Federalists. He opened his remarks... -
What does the European Parliament do?
Posted on 20/02/2009 | 2 CommentsFollowing on from the interesting remarks by Vaclav Klaus reported in this blog yesterday, it is interesting to look at the Civitas factsheet on the European Parliament. (Civitas is a eurosceptic thinktank that has published a series of factsheets on different aspects of the European... -
Europe needs an opposition
Posted on 19/02/2009 | 2 CommentsCzech president Václav Klaus touched a few raw nerves with his speech in the European Parliament today, but he also unveiled the contradictions in his position. (You can read the speech here.) President Klaus is a noted critic of the European Union and did not... -
Parliaments and politics
Posted on 17/02/2009 | No CommentsFederal Union AGM and conference – 28 March 2009 Federal Union’s annual conference will look at two subjects: - The future agenda and role of the European Parliament - The case for a global parliamentary assembly Non-members welcome. Venue: Room S75, St Clements Building, LSE,... -
Mandelson vs Hewitt
Posted on 13/03/2008 | 1 CommentThis blog discusses issues rather than personalities (Tony Benn would approve) so don’t be misled by the title. Discussion has started about who will be the member of the European Commission from Britain after 2009. Peter Mandelson, the incumbent, was appointed by Tony Blair when... -
A matter of respect
Posted on 12/03/2008 | No CommentsBy Richard Laming There has been some interesting Eurosceptic criticism lately of the European Parliament’s vote against an amendment “to respect the outcome of the referendum in Ireland” on the Lisbon treaty. But to understand the complaint, we have to ask what it means: to... -
The retention of the veto
Posted on 26/02/2008 | No CommentsA rather clumsy statement in the House of Commons today by Gisela Stuart, opponent of the Lisbon treaty, on the subject of the location of the European Parliament. It is well-known that the EP moves between Brussels and Strasbourg every month, and almost as well-known...
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