News Releases
Showing: April 2009
Here you can find an archive of all the news items that have been on this website as well as any comments, polls or surveys.
Kirkhope on job losses: "clearly Labour isn't working again"
Posted,4/30/2009 1:00:00 PM
Commenting on a report by EU body Eurofound, which showed the UK has suffered the largest "announced" job losses of any EU country, Timothy Kirkhope MEP, Conservative leader in the European Parliament, said:
Working Time Directive opt-out safe - for now
Posted,4/28/2009 2:00:00 PM
Labour MEPs have lost their latest bid to limit the amount of overtime British workers can put in after talks aimed at finding a deal on the Working Time Directive collapsed early this morning in Brussels, Philip Bushill-Matthews MEP, Conservative Employment Spokesman said today.
Labour sells out on EU asylum
Posted,4/28/2009 12:00:00 PM
Further loss of border controls on the way
Electronic money on the rise thanks to European Parliament vote
Posted,4/24/2009 1:00:00 PM
Purvis shows us th'E'-Money
Council of Ministers falls hook, line and sinker for the Shark Action Plan
Posted,4/23/2009 6:00:00 PM
Strasbourg, 23rd April 2009 -- Today's adoption of the Shark Action Plan by the Council of Ministers marks a triumph for the conservation of these vulnerable species, Conservative fisheries spokesman Struan Stevenson MEP said today.
UK music industry and performers to benefit from new copyright laws
Posted,4/23/2009 5:00:00 PM
MEPs vote to extend the term of music copyright protection in the EU
MEPs approve plans for cross border healthcare directive
Posted,4/23/2009 3:00:00 PM
Patients will have greater access to treatment across the EU
Ashworth: Closing Calais 'jungle' must be first step
Posted,4/23/2009 1:00:00 PM
Conservative MEP for South East England, Richard Ashworth, has said the French government's announcement that it will rid Calais of the so-called immigrant 'jungle' near the port will do very little to resolve the overriding problem.
EU energy package - more choice and lower prices
Posted,4/22/2009 3:00:00 PM
Energy suppliers will have greater access to new markets
Mobile phone roaming 'bill shock' brought to an end thanks to Conservative MEPs
Posted,4/22/2009 3:00:00 PM
More transparency for phone users abroad