Once again, debates in Strasbourg this week have highlighted the fast moving agenda in European politics. Speeches on economic governance from the President of the European Commission, Jose Manuel Barroso, and from the European Council President Herman Van Rompuy, illustrate that there has been a fundamental change in the quality ...
Many constituents, as well as others further afield who enjoy the Chilterns, set in their area of outstanding natural beauty, feel that the proposal to build HS2 – a high-speed rail link between London and East Birmingham – is unacceptable on both environmental and financial grounds.
It is significant that no ...
With the final results of the local elections not yet known, a major highlight for me in the campaign was to support candidates from the local Kashmiri community standing for our Party in Wycombe. We should be very proud that we already have five Conservative Kashmiri Councillors on the current Council; the ...
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Following up on the blog's look at the state of the European economy last week, the European Commission President, José Manuel Barroso, came to Strasbourg this week to deliver his first 'State of the Union', which is intended to set the scene for the next 12 months - the EU's ...
Like all of those in our country watching the World Cup this month, we can breathe a huge sigh of relief that England is through to the last 16. We can take some comfort - perhaps only small - that a number of big European teams have also been struggling ...
With the rapid advances in communications when we can be in contact with each other at a touch of a button, it is astonishing that many people still get duped by those who continually misrepresent reality. Such is the case of UK Independence Party (UKIP) Members and the EU institutions...
As ...
Over the past week, there has been, to say the least, a mixed reaction over the appointments of Herman Van Rompuy as President of the European Council and Baroness Ashton as High Representative for Foreign Affairs by the 27 Heads of the EU's Member States. Some people, such as William ...
Large scale events took place this week in Brussels, with Heads of State meeting to decide on the persons to fill the newly created roles of President of the European Council and High Representative for Foreign Affairs. My congratulations to Herman Van Rompuy and Baroness Ashton on their appointments (more ...
This week in Strasbourg José Manuel Barroso has been voted in by a large majority of MEPs in favour of his second term as Commission President. Was this a rubber stamp?
Certainly not. It was a vote by directly elected Parliamentarians on a secret ballot, expressing their view as to whether ...
