Go to the Content Wednesday, 17 March 2010
Your search for "British MEP" produced 18 items.
| 1. Farage refuses to apologise to Van Rompuy | March 2, 2010 |
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UK MEP could be suspended over personal attack on European Council president. Nigel Farage, the leader of the UK Independence Party MEPs, has refused to issue a... |
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| 2. British MEP ordered to repay €600,000 | November 13, 2008 |
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European Parliament orders British MEP Den Dover to repay €609,000 that he received for staff and office costs and paid to a firm employing his wife and daughter. The... | |
| 3. Prince of darkness | May 3, 2007 |
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For some in the European Parliament, Klaus Welle is the “prince of darkness”, for others he is “the most talented political strategist I have ever come across”.... | |
| 4. MEPs plan clampdown on ‘media zoo' | March 24, 2005 |
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THE European Parliament is considering imposing new restrictions on media access to MEPs. Proposals put forward by the assembly's administration include restrictions on... | |
| 5. Rowdy sessions jolt the Parliament's grey image | January 27, 2005 |
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Rowdy MEPs could find themselves being hit where it hurts most – in the pocket. Parliament chiefs are considering new rules on how to deal with MEPs' unruly behaviour,... | |
| 6. EPP threat to reject chemicals proposals | January 15, 2004 |
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THE EU's controversial chemicals policy reform will be “sent back to the drawing board” before it even gets through a first reading in the European Parliament, a... | |
| 7. UK Tories in a flap over flying the EU flag | November 27, 2003 |
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UK CONSERVATIVES are up in arms about a proposal that would require all merchant marine fleets to fly the European flag – emblazoned on the corner of their own national... | |
| 8. Ombudsman candidates jostle for poll position ahead of vote | January 9, 2003 |
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A BRITISH MEP and the national ombudsman for Greece have emerged as favourites for the post of European Ombudsman. Parliamentarians are due to vote in Strasbourg next week... | |
| 9. UK talks down euro...but rarely in French | December 19, 2002 |
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THE UK is the odd man out in its opposition to the single currency, according to the Eurobarometer opinion poll. §Every other EU country now reports a majority in favour of... | |
| 10. British MEP accuses de Palacio of 'presiding' over collapse of Channel Tunnel freight traffic | March 14, 2002 |
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TRANSPORT Commissioner Loyola de Palacio has been accused of "presiding" over the collapse of freight traffic through the Channel Tunnel. Since November of last year, only... | |
| 11. Baroness Fearless | November 22, 2001 |
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HER eyes narrow and she fixes you with an intense glare as she whispers: "I never show fear." Emma Nicholson is describing the moment when, during her recent trip to a... | |
| 12. PROFILE: Adrian Fortescue | October 11, 2001 |
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`Official and a gentleman` WHILE the prime ministers of Europe queue up to hail the 'war on terrorism' it is easy to overlook the affable English gentleman who has been... | |
| 13. Deal in sight to break Lamfalussy deadlock | July 19, 2001 |
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FIRST PARA TX = THE European Commission is edging towards a deal with MEPs over Parliament's demands for the right to scrutinise reforms to securities markets. Financial... | |
| 14. 'MEPs' assistants should beware the clause in their contract asking them to perform 'any task'. This can mean more time fetching suits from the dry cleaners than tackling serious political work' | July 5, 2001 |
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Seven o'clock Monday morning at Gare du Luxembourg is not the best time to ask an MEP's assistant what they think of their job. It's the beginning of Strasbourg week, the low... | |
| 15. Patten denies anti-Jewish hate campaign 'funded by EU' | April 26, 2001 |
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EU aid cash for the West Bank and Gaza could be paying for anti-Semitic textbooks being used in Palestinian schools, MEPs warn. They believe that some of the millions of... | |
| 16. Prodi rues 'chat' with British MEP | May 31, 2000 |
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Word is that President Prodi will think twice before having a Euro MP in for a casual chat after his recent experience with UK Conservative Daniel Hannan. Hannan, a leading... | |
| 17. Bugged to go bike to the future | March 11, 1999 |
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Maverick British MEP Hugh Kerr has come up with a novel suggestion to boost public confidence that planes won't fall out of the sky at midnight on 31 December when the... | |
| 18. MEPs scan the messages of the information society | January 9, 1997 |
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AS THE information technology revolution continues to gather pace, MEPs are pressing to ensure that the potential cultural and educational benefits are not ignored in favour... | |
