News Releases
Showing: May 2011
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.
Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall's Fish Fight brought to Brussels
Posted,5/31/2011 12:00:00 AM
Brussels, 31st May 2011 -- Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall has brought his BAFTA winning 'Fish Fight' to Brussels, boosting a long-standing Conservative campaign to end the practice of dumping perfectly edible fish overboard.
Auditing in Europe must not become a box-ticking exercise
Posted,5/24/2011 12:00:00 AM
Brussels, 24th May 2011 -- The European Parliament's legal affairs committee has today adopted a green paper on auditing policy which is much more balanced than what was on the table just a week ago, Syed Kamall MEP, Conservative shadow lead member on the negotiations, said today.
The Conservative Party welcomes David Campbell Bannerman MEP
Posted,5/24/2011 12:00:00 AM
David Campbell Bannerman MEP today resigned from the UK Independence
Conservative MEP welcomes UK nuclear industry all-clear
Posted,5/18/2011 12:00:00 AM
Whilst we must learn lessons from the Japanese nuclear disaster, today's interim report by Dr Mike Weightman is a welcome affirmation that the UK's nuclear industry is well-regulated and a viable way of achieving a low-carbon energy future, Giles Chichester MEP, Conservative energy spokesman in the European Parliament, said today.
Short selling and Credit Default Swaps deal among finance ministers
Posted,5/17/2011 12:00:00 AM
Brussels, 17th May 2011 -- The position agreed on short selling and credit default swaps proposals by EU finance ministers today is not nearly as damaging as the European Parliament's position which would harm EU sovereign debt markets and London's financial services, Syed Kamall MEP, Conservative shadow lead member on the negotiations, said today.
EU Action Service is heading for an existential crisis
Posted,5/11/2011 12:00:00 AM
Strasbourg, 11th May 2011 -- The European External Action Service (EEAS) has rightly been low-profile in its first six months, leaving EU governments to drive the foreign policy agenda, but such a pre-Lisbon treaty 'business-as-usual' approach does not justify the high increases in spending brought about by the service, Charles Tannock MEP, European Conservatives and Reformists group foreign affairs spokesman, said today.
Financial institutions need to be risk aware, not risk averse
Posted,5/11/2011 12:00:00 AM
Strasbourg, 11th May 2011 -- Ahead of the publication of new legislative proposals from the European Commission on corporate governance in financial institutions, the European Parliament has backed a report by European Conservatives and Reformists member Ashley Fox MEP that calls for a greater level of risk awareness and management by both supervisors and financial institutions.
Ashton told to "stop flogging the dead horse of EU defence policy"
Posted,5/11/2011 12:00:00 AM
Strasbourg, 11th May 2011 -- In the European Parliament in Strasbourg today MEPs debated the EU's defence ambitions with the EU High Representative, Baroness Ashton. She received criticism from euro-federalists for not doing enough and from euro-realists for having unrealistic and inappropriate ambitions.
Socialist MEPs oppose free trade efforts to help Pakistani flood victims
Posted,5/10/2011 12:00:00 AM
Strasbourg, 10th May 2011 -- Socialist MEPs in the European Parliament have been branded as 'particularly mean-spirited' today after they tried to reject a proposal to temporarily remove EU tariffs on key Pakistani exports aimed at helping the Pakistani people to rebuild their country following last year's devastating floods.
Warm welcome for EU-wide rail tickets plan
Posted,5/5/2011 12:00:00 AM
Brussels, 5th May 2011 -- Proposals put forward by the European Commission today aimed at creating a unified system for booking rail tickets right across the EU has received strong backing from Jacqueline Foster MEP, Conservative transport spokesman in the European Parliament.