Brussels, 26th May 2011 — Robert Sturdy, MEP for the East of England and member of the European Parliament’s Agriculture and Rural Development Committee, welcomed a proposal for reform of the Common Agricultural Policy. The proposal aims to strengthen market forces in the CAP, recognises the need for farmers in the EU to produce more [...]
Brussels, 24th May 2011 – David Campbell-Bannerman, UKIP MEP for the East of England, has announced that he is leaving UKIP and joining the Conservative Party. The departure of the former Chairman of UKIP means that 4 out of the East of England’s 7 MEPs are now Conservatives and it brings to total number of [...]
Brussels, 19th May 2011 – MEPs and their counterparts from Africa, the Caribbean and Pacific countries met in Budapest at the 21st ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly (JPA). Parliamentarians from all regions gather to discuss issues ranging from justice and reconciliation in the Côte d’Ivoire to the recent democratic awakenings in the North African states and [...]
Strasbourg, 11th May 2011 – MEPs in Strasbourg have voted on the current negotiations with India and Japan as they seek to conclude Free Trade Agreements with both nations. The proposals were generally supportive of the EU’s goals but some MEPs did express concerns with regards to the slow pace of progress. Although the [...]
Brussels, 5th May 2011 - After years of negotiations, the final steps for a European Union-South Korea Free Trade Agreement has been completed with the ratification of the agreement in the South Korean National Assembly. Even with strong objections from opposition lawmakers, a large number of which boycotted the vote, the agreement was passed with 163 votes [...]
Brussels, 5th May 2011 — Proposals, put forward by the European Commission today, aimed at creating a unified system for booking rail tickets right across the EU, were received enthusiastically by Robert Sturdy, Conservative Member of the European Parliament for the East of England. The proposals would create a single Computerised Reservation System, similar to [...]
