Martin Callanan MEP

Martin Callanan MEP

North East

  • Leader of the Conservatives in the European Parliament
  • Spokesman on Environment, Public Health & Food Safety
  • Parliamentary Committees:
    • Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety
  • Parliamentary Delegations:
    • Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly
  • Parliamentary activities - click here

Contact Details

Email: martin.callanan@europarl.europa.eu

Website: http://www.martincallanan.com

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Press

Callanan: the best answer to the crisis - get out of the way

Posted,2/1/2012 4:00:00 PM

Speaking in the European Parliament this afternoon on the outcome of Monday's EU summit, Martin Callanan MEP, Chairman of the European Conservatives and Reformists group, said that the best way to create jobs in the EU is for Eurocrats and MEPs to get out of the way and allow employers and businesses to grow.

Callanan: shift on fiscal pact recognises practical reality

Posted,1/30/2012 5:00:00 PM

The leader of Britain's Conservative MEPs today acknowledged the Government's change of tack over the fiscal pact.

Cameron's Davos agenda of competitiveness and opening trade is real answer to EU's crisis

Posted,1/26/2012 4:00:00 PM

David Cameron's agenda for growth - set out in his Davos speech today - is the only long-term answer to the EU's competitive crisis, which is just as serious and pressing as the Sovereign Debt crisis, the European Conservatives and Reformists group in the European Parliament, said today.

EU's €100 million insult

Posted,1/25/2012 2:00:00 PM

Plans unveiled today for a multi-million pound visitor centre telling the history of the European Union were condemned by Conservatives as "a costly insult to people's intelligence".

Santer's return: like putting Dracula in charge of the blood bank

Posted,1/24/2012 11:00:00 AM

The return of Jacques Santer - the head of the European Commission forced to resign en masse because of financial malpractice - to head the bailout fund's leverage vehicle, is akin to putting Dracula in charge of the blood bank, Martin Callanan MEP, European Conservatives and Reformists group chairman, said today.

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This MEP in the News

Green deal 'can protect motor jobs'

Carmakers based in Britain will have to cut emissions from new vehicles by almost a fifth by 2014, under a new deal agreed in Brussels.

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European Union to send a ballot box into space ahead of its elections

Fearing another abysmal turnout in next year’s European Union elections, the European parliament spin doctors have hit upon a solution – blast a ballot box into outer space.

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European Parliament 'Facebook' to cost £3.2m

The European Parliament is to create its own social networking website at a cost of £3.2 million to taxpayers.

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Drug addicts gifted Toon tickets

Drug addicts are being given tickets to Premiership football matches to help them on the road to recovery.

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EU parliament extension branded waste of money

Parliament’s controversial Strasbourg building is to get an extension, at an estimated cost of €680,000.

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