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EPP heads of govt retreat to Belgian castle to discuss European Council
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It’s a busy weekend in Brussels. Yesterday’s Economic and Financial Affairs Council cleared the path for today’s European Council/Eurozone Summit, while the General Affairs yesterday discussed (PDF) economic policy and finalized the EU position...
Following the elections in Finland: Crucial times & role for the EU and for the EPP!
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This is one of my first comments after the results of the national elections in Finland:With the EPP in dominant position at national (16 of 27) & EU level (Commission, EP, Council), at this crucial phase in European & world dynamics, it has key hist...
EPP president Wilfried Martens versus Free Press for Hungary
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A short while ago 2,129 persons had already joined the new Facebook group Free Press For Hungary. International Version. Established earlier, the Hungarian version had attracted 54,834 supporters against the authoritarian media law of the government...
EPP and S&D: Back to kindergarten
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Am I the only one who thinks that the press release fight over the new Commissioners fought by the EPP group and the S & D group is becoming a little ridiculous? Maybe someone could open up the EP kindergarten and let them fight in the sand box?! P...
Buzek to be EPP candidate for EP presidency
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Joseph Daul, the leader of the EPP Group, has announced that Mario Mauro will stand aside and allow Jerzy Buzek to run as the EPP candidate for the presidency of the European Parliament. Mr Daul made the announcement after talks with Silvio Berluscon...
The farce of Cameron's Latvian legion is bad for Britain and bad for Europe | Timothy Garton Ash
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The Conservative party is mad to choose irrelevance in the European parliament, and we will all pay for itHow would you describe a British politician who prefers getting acquainted with the finer points of the history of the Waffen-SS in Latvia...
The EPP on economic governance
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We know how limited the influence of the European Parliament (EP) is in the shaping of the EU’s economic policy and in managing the current financial and economic crisis. And we also know that what parties say before parliamentary elections is...
TORY MEP PROTESTS AT CAMERON’S MOVE TO RIGHT
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Further to my post yesterday Christopher Beazley has left the Conservative grouping in the European Parliament to rejoin the European People’s Party. He becomes I think the first British MEP to take the whip from an European political part...
Tory MEP Quits Party Due to EPP Move [Stephen SPILLANE]
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Yes, that’s right. Tory MEP for East of England Christopher Beazley, has told the Today Program that he is quiting the Conservative Party and is joining the EPP has a full member. He gives his reasons as follows: There will be no discussions wi...
UK Conservatives definitely to leave EPP
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The Conservatives will leave the EPP-ED group after the June elections. Joseph Daul, leader of the European People’s Party group was formally informed on Wednesday, in Strasbourg, by a Conservative delegation led by foreign affairs spokesm...
Tories out of the EPP, but now where?
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Conservative Home revealed a couple of days ago that the Tories have officially handed in notice to leave the EPP-ED, the largest grouping in the European Parliament. This was a promise made by Cameron during his leadership election campaign back in...
Cameron's Tories in Splendid Isolation
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Yesterday William Hague met with the chairman of the European People's Party (EPP) to confirm that Tory MEPs will leave the biggest political group in the European Parliament after the June 4 European elections and will try to set up their own.Once a...
EP Elections in Hungary: The Conservative (EPP) Candidates
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After a brief overview of the Hungarian party system, the Socialist and the Liberal candidates, here are the likely winners. The EPP has two member parties in Hungary, and the smaller one just decided (and possibly split) over the issue of its party...
European Parliament elections 2009 (50): The European People's Party (EPP) manifesto
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The manifesto of the European People's Party (EPP) comes in two versions, a short one of 4 pages and the full manifesto which counts 31 pages.Actually, both versions are just drafts, because the EPP Congress that will approve them only meets at on 29...
How many web TV projects does the EU need?
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The EPP has launched today a new web tv project called Dialogue TV. Some comments on the flood of new EU web tv channels.The EPP-ED already has an ambitious web tv project (EPP-ED TV) so why does the EPP add another portal? Dialogue TV is branded as...
Euro elections 2009 (42): The European Peoples Party (EPP) is self-confident but lagging behind with its manifesto
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In an interview to EUobserver, the secretary-general of the European Peoples Party (EPP) Antonio Lopez-Isturiz is very confident that the EPP will keep its majority in the European Parliament after the 2009 elections, although expects losing several...
