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February 3, 2012

European Parliament makes strong progress on outlawing counterfeiting

The Anti Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) between the European Union, Australia, Canada, Japan, Korea, Mexico, Morocco, New Zealand, Singapore, Switzerlandand the USA has been the focus of much attention over the past few weeks. I have received a number of … Continue reading →

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Tagged as ACTA, Anti Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, Council of Ministers, David Martin, european parliament, European Union, iPods, Trade Related Intellectual Property Rights, TRIPS

January 18, 2012

Hungarian Premier Orban Polarises the European Parliament

The European Parliament has just wrapped up a debate on the political situation in Hungary following the European Commission’s commencement of infringement proceedings a few days ago against Hungary’s right-wing Fidesz government. The Commission is taking action against three specific … Continue reading →

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Tagged as ALDE Group, ECR, EFD, EPP, european commission, european parliament, Fidesz, Green Group, Joseph Daul, S&D Group, Viktor Orban

January 11, 2012

Hungarian Premier Orban seeks to out-Putin Putin

The European Parliament Socialist and Democrat Group earlier today expressed extreme concern at the antics of the right-wing Fidesz governing Party in Hungary led by the populist and dictatorial Viktor Orban. On 1 January a new prescriptive constitution entered into force … Continue reading →

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Tagged as Christine Lagarde, Danish Presidency, european commission, european parliament, Hungary, IMF, Socialist and Democrat Group, Viktor Orban

December 20, 2011

Women are safer with Labour

It was good to see that the commission on women’s safety chaired by former Solicitor General Vera Baird QC with assistance from Labour MPs Kate Green and Stella Creasey has just had its first meeting. Now it is established, Labour’s … Continue reading →

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Tagged as Daphne programme, european commission, european parliament, Kate Green, Stella Creasey, Vera Baird, Women's Committee

December 14, 2011

Sakharov Prize 2011 Awarded to Arab Spring

Five people who played a major role in the Arab Spring were awarded the European Parliament Sakharov Prize for freedom of thought today. This nomination was submitted jointly by the three main political groupings in the European Parliament as well … Continue reading →

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Tagged as Ahmed al-Zubair Ahmed al-Sanusi, Ali Farzat, Arab Spring, Asmaa Mahfouz, european parliament, Mohamed Bouazizi, Razan Zaitouneh, Sakharov Prize 2011

November 29, 2011

European Parliament to vote on Early School Leaving

My report on tackling early school leaving will be voted in the plenary session of the European Parliament on Thursday. I do not anticipate much opposition and hope the Report will go through with a healthy majority. Europarl TV has … Continue reading →

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November 18, 2011

The opportunity to repatriate powers may come sooner rather than later

During the European Parliament plenary session this past week, European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso warned that future treaty changes would be needed to strengthen integration, despite opposition from some EU member states, including Britain. Mr Barroso has previously put … Continue reading →

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Tagged as Angela Merkel, David Cameron, european parliament, eurozone, Jose Manuel Barosso, repatriation of powers

September 29, 2011

Interview with Iain Dale on LBC about the Financial Transaction Tax

Last night I was on Iain Dale’s show on LBC. It was an interesting discussion on the Financial Transaction Tax (FTT) that was mentioned by Jose Manuel Barroso (President of the Commission) yesterday during his state of the union address to the European … Continue reading →

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Tagged as european parliament, Financial Transaction Tax, Iain Dale, Jose Manuel Barroso, President of the Commission, state of the union address

September 28, 2011

More power to the European Commission

European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso gave his “State of the Union” address to the European Parliament today. Below are key extracts. You may be interested in the Financial Transaction Tax and Mr Barroso’s plans for greater economic integration in … Continue reading →

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September 27, 2011

EPLP Leader addresses Labour Party Conference

Yesterday Glenis Willmott, Leader of the Labour MEPs, gave this inspiring and thoughtful speech to the Labour Party Conference. Conference, it has not been an easy 12 months in Brussels. Bad news from Europe has been a constant feature of … Continue reading →

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Tagged as Ed Miliband, european parliament, Glenis Willmott, Helle Thoring-Schmidt