Geoffrey Van Orden MEP

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Email: geoffrey.vanorden@europarl.europa.eu

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Press

EU MAINTAINS PRESSURE ON MUGABE

Posted,23/02/2010 00:00:00

EU MAINTAINS PRESSURE ON MUGABE

Call for tighter border controls in face of latest terrorist threat

Posted,19/01/2010 00:00:00

Another country has moved up the international security agenda following the arrest of Detroit-bound suspected suicide bomber, Abdulmutallab, and revelations that he may have been trained in Yemen. New EU "Foreign Minister" Baroness Ashton had her baptism in the debate on Yemen and Iran in the European parliament yesterday.

International Leaders Summit 8-9 december

Posted,03/12/2009 00:00:00

The sixth annual International Leaders Summit will be held in the European Parliament the 8. - 9. December. The summit is a unique gathering on public policy issues that brings business, media communications, think tank and political leaders from both sides of the Atlantic to discuss principled solutions that increase economic growth and prosperity. This year, some of the prominent conservative MEPs including the ECR Chairman Michal Kaminski will join the Summit as well as renowned journalists and economists: Dr. Daniel Mitchell (The Cato Institute), Edward Luca (The Economist), Marc Champion (The Wall Street Journal) or Dr. Kim Holmes (The Heritage Foundation).  

Landmine problem hasn’t gone away

Posted,19/10/2009 00:00:00

Ten years after the Ottawa Treaty to ban anti-personnel landmines (APL) and on the eve of the Second Review Conference, the European Parliament has been holding a workshop to review progress.

Mass protest outside Zimbabwe Embassy on 7th Anniversary of London Vigil for Freedom

Posted,10/10/2009 00:00:00

Hundreds of Zimbabweans gathered outside the Zimbabwean Embassy in London on Saturday (10 October) to protest at the continued denial of basic freedoms by the Mugabe regime. Previously, there had been a ‘shopping expedition’ to Harrods by protestors masquerading as Robert and Grace Mugabe.

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This MEP in the News

LABOUR IS BLASTED FOR BACKING AN EU ARMY

LABOUR was condemned yesterday for backing a Brussels blueprint for the ­creation of a European Union army.

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Britain to lead fight against Somali pirates

Britain is to take command of the European Union's first naval mission which will seek to tackle the growing threat from pirates off the coast of Somalia.

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Congo crisis highlights EU's lack of coherence

A short term military operation without a coherent EU approach combining security measures, humanitarian aid, policing and reforming efforts would not be able to address the Congo crisis in the long term, participants at a joint hearing in the European Parliament learned on Tuesday (4 November).

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EU symbols revive federalism row

A decision to make the EU flag and motto more prominent and play the EU anthem in the European Parliament has angered some British Euro MPs.

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European HQ heads Sarkozy plan for greater military integration

France has proposed a battery of measures aimed at boosting European military integration - including the EU's first permanent operational headquarters in Brussels for planning military missions abroad - threatening a bruising battle with the British government

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