Brussels 30 November 2009. Robert Sturdy hopes Vauxhall jobs in Luton will be saved Following news that General Motors plans to cut 354 jobs at its Vauxhall plant in Luton, Conservative MEP for the Eastern Region Robert Sturdy said, “This regrettable news will mean that it will be a Bleak Christmas for some. It is [...]
PRESS RELEASE 30 November 2009 The EU is failing to show leadership in the World Trade Organisation talks in Geneva by allowing the Doha trade round to be sidelined, Robert Sturdy MEP, European Conservatives and Reformists trade spokesman in the European Parliament, has warned. Faced with an increasing hostility towards trade liberalisation in Washington, and [...]
PRESS RELEASE 20 November 2009 Eastern Region MEP Robert Sturdy has accused the EU of “a classic fudge” over the appointment of its first president and foreign minister, the two top jobs in Europe. The Belgian Prime Minister, Herman Van Rompuy, is to be the first president elected by European leaders under the Lisbon Treaty, [...]
EU trade committee votes against extending shoe duties Brussels, 19th November 2009 — EU trade commissioner Cathy Ashton must not attempt to overrule today’s vote in an EU trade committee which would cause the price of shoes from China and Vietnam to fall, Robert Sturdy MEP, trade spokesman for the European Conservatives and Reformists Group [...]
EU SHOE TARIFFS SHOULD BE GIVEN THE BOOT, SAYS MEP ROBERT STURDY EU countries have been urged to defend retailers and consumers tomorrow when they vote on renewing punitive trade duties on Chinese and Vietnamese shoe imports, according to MEP Robert Sturdy, Conservative international trade spokesman in the European Parliament. The EU’s anti-dumping committee will [...]
Robert has sent this letter to the Financial Times regarding Peter Mandelson and EU duties on Asian shoes. Sir — Peter Mandelson is right to oppose the continuation of EU duties on Asian shoes, but it’s a bit rich coming from the man who succumbed to southern European manufacturers and introduced them in the first [...]
I have now had a reply from Chris Mole, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State with the Department of Transport, regarding my letter to him objecting about delays to improvements on the A14. This is what he said: Dear Robert, Thank you for your letter of 9 October regarding the A14 Ellington to Fen Ditton improvement [...]
ROBERT STURDY OBJECTS TO LOSS OF CONSUMER RIGHTS Eastern Region MEP Robert Sturdy has objected to European Commission plans which would abolish consumers’ rights to a refund for faulty goods, bringing legislation in line with other EU countries. The EU’s Consumer Rights Directive could ban shops giving refunds in the UK in an attempt to [...]
