Commission acknowledges that horses in transit do suffer
Posted by Martin Wingfield in Parliamentary Questions on 04. Nov, 2009 | Comments
TWO written questions on the welfare of horses submitted to the European Parliament by the British National Party’s member of the European Parliament for Yorkshire & the Humber, have received a reply this afternoon.
New service will conduct foreign policy over the heads of member states
Posted by Martin Wingfield in Constituency News on 22. Oct, 2009 | Comments
YESTERDAY in the European Parliament there was a debate on the European External Action Service in the European Parliament.
The European External Action Service is also called the ‘External Service’ and will take effect once the Treaty of Lisbon is ratified. It will become the Foreign Office and Diplomatic Corps for the European Union assisting the new combined High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy.
Aggressive and illegal wars increase global emissions
Posted by Martin Wingfield in Constituency News on 20. Oct, 2009 | Comments
ANDREW Brons was able to make a contribution to the debate on Climate Change in the European Parliament this morning thanks to the ‘Catch the Eye’ procedure which allowed Andrew one minute to have his say.
EU seeks to undermine our judicial system
Posted by Martin Wingfield in EU News on 12. Oct, 2009 | Comments
ANDREW Brons MEP has made a contribution to the debate during a joint meeting of three committees of the European Parliament. After the Commission of the European Parliament and Council issued a communication on Freedom, Security and Justice, the AFCO Committee, the LIBE Committee and the JURI Committee met to discuss the new proposals.
This trickery and dishonesty is not democratic
Posted by Martin Wingfield in Constituency News on 08. Oct, 2009 | Comments
THIS morning Amndrew Brons made his maiden speech in the European Parliament and it came during the debate on the result of the referendum on the Lisbon Treaty in the Plenary Session.
An answer for Andrew’s question on the European Arrest Warrant
Posted by Martin Wingfield in Parliamentary Questions on 06. Oct, 2009 | Comments
Andrew Brons has received an answer to his written question on the European Arrest Warrant. Last month he asked the European Parliament: “Will it be possible for a person to be extradited from a country for an act that is not an offence in that country to a second country in which the act is an offence?”
