Saturday 10th May 2008

Liberalisation of energy markets is in everyone's interest - Competitive and efficient - ownership unbundling is way for... UK won't get (much) flood compensation from EU after all - Conservatives call for EU support for Georgia - Hands off Georgia say Tory MEPs as new Russian President takes office Superstate rolls back: Commission ditches plan to establish EU embassies around the world - Commission concedes that Ref... Steaks are high for Brazilian Beef - Conservative MEP wary of return for Brazilian beef after rumpus with Brazilian poli... EURO BOOST FOR McCANN CAMPAIGN - Kate and Gerry McCann are well on their way to the required number of signatures from M... Feed situation must be addressed - Parish calls for review of unfair and inefficient European policy on GM feed European Parliament adds pressure on Mugabe - The European Parliament is calling for the wishes of the Zimbabwean people... SAGA saved following Conservative pressure in Brussels - New anti-discrimination law could have stopped SAGA and Club 18... Let farmers produce food! - Let farmers produce food! Conservative MEP launches 'One laptop per child' scheme to improve education in underdeveloped countries - A laptop for ... Break up BAA's monopoly to make passengers' life better - Conservative MEP urges the Competition Commission to open up a... Improved system for organ donations in Europe - Conservatives welcome information exchange but warn against one size fi... Systematic Failures in Brazilian Beef Industry - Ban on Brazilian beef fully justified by damning FVO report but many qu... Hypocritical EU vote for tobacco subsidies - European Parliament's Agricultural Committee votes for EU tobacco subsidies... Hypocritical EU vote for tobacco subsidies - Hypocritical EU vote for tobacco subsidies Europe has moral responsibility to produce food - European farmers vital to food security in the future within a market ...

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Press

Conservatives want to stamp out tobacco subsidies costing taxpayers millions

Posted,10/24/2007 6:00:00 PM

Conservative MEPs want to cut tobacco production subsidies in the EU to zero, saving taxpayers millions of pounds.

Conservatives try to save taxpayers millions by cutting wine subsidies

Posted,10/24/2007 5:00:00 PM

Conservatives in the European Parliament want to call time on EU wine production subsidies, saving taxpayers hundreds of millions of pounds.

European Parliament wants to abolish itself

Posted,7/10/2007 12:00:00 AM

Conservatives urge Treaty conference to abolish the Strasbourg seat of the European Parliament

EU seeks "wealth tax" to finance itself, ending British rebate and UK control over Brussels budget

Posted,3/26/2007 4:00:00 PM

Effort to give EU its 'own resources' would end the annual and seven-year budget haggle, Conservatives warn

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This MEP in the News

British MEP demands Calais migrants problem be sorted as 'Sangatte Two' is dropped

A British MEP is calling for tough united action from European governments to clear hundreds of UK-bound migrants from the streets of Calais

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British MEP demands Calais migrants problem be sorted as 'Sangatte Two' is dropped

A British MEP is calling for tough united action from European governments to clear hundreds of UK-bound migrants from the streets of Calais

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EU fishing quotas deal agreed

Fishing fleets will boost their livelihoods by monitoring conservation and avoiding the dumping of dead fish over the side under a deal hammered out in Brussels today.

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Spending watchdog refuses to sign off 'fraudulent' EU accounts for 13th year in a row

Conservative MEP Richard Ashworth said: "The constant inability to satisfy the auditors is unacceptable. After 13 years, the EU has begun to look like a banana republic.

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EU budget fails health check for 13th year as billions in subsidies are claimed falsely

"National governments and the European Commission have failed to treat this annual charade with the urgency it requires," said Richard Ashworth, the British Conservative MEP.

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