Martin Callanan MEP

Martin Callanan MEP

North East

  • Chairman of the ECR Group Environment, Public Health & Food Safety (www.ecrgroup.eu)
  • Spokesman on Environment, Public Health & Food Safety
  • Member of the Conference of Presidents
  • 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: EU summit should bring concrete results on energy prices and tax evasion

Posted,5/21/2013 5:00:00 PM

Speaking in a debate in the European Parliament ahead of tomorrow’s European Council meeting, European Conservatives and Reformists group leader Martin Callanan said that the agenda contained two ‘worthy’ and ‘concrete’ issues – tax evasion and energy prices – that need concrete action to make Europe more competitive.

MEPs’ visit to Iran ‘naïve’

Posted,4/19/2013 2:30:00 PM

A planned visit to Iran by a delegation of left-wing MEPs has been attacked byMartin Callanan MEP, leader of the European Conservatives and Reformists groupin the European Parliament, as sending mixed signals about our resolve towardsthe regime.

25 years on, Margaret Thatcher's Bruges speech still shows the way forward

Posted,4/16/2013 2:16:00 PM

Speaking in a debate on the Future of Europe with Finnish Prime MinisterKatainen, European Conservatives and Reformists group leader Martin Callanansaid that Margaret Thatcher's 1988 Bruges speech was still strikingly relevantto the debate.

Better spending and better policies will lead to growth at EU and national level

Posted,3/13/2013 12:00:00 PM

Better spending and better policies will lead to growth at EU and national level

EU takes UK to court over energy-saving products

Posted,2/21/2013 5:00:00 PM

Responding to news that the European Commission is to take the UK to court over its reduced rate of VAT on energy-saving materials and installation, Martin Callanan MEP, Conservative environment spokesman in the European Parliament, said:

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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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