Strasbourg, 16th November 2011 – Robert Sturdy, MEP for the East of England, has welcomed EU Health Commissioner John Dali’s statement about the ongoing fiasco surrounding the January 2012 ban on battery cages from laying hens. In a meeting of national farming ministers earlier this week, Commissioner Dali outlined the Commission’s plan to send out [...]
Last Friday I hosted a European Information Lunch at the Imperial War Museum Duxford. Events such as this are a great way to bring together constituency officers and supporters from across the region to keep them updated on what is going on in Brussels and throughout the European Union. This year’s event was extra special [...]
Strasbourg, 14th November 2011 — New rules proposed by the European Commission today for the use of body scanners at airports will give passengers greater choice and protection when travelling from the East of England’s airports, Robert Sturdy, Conservative MEP for the region, said after the annoucement of the proposals. Over the past couple of years [...]
Brussels, 10th November 2011 – The European Court of Auditors today published its latest annual report on the European Union’s accounts – and once again found them riddled with fraud and waste. The Court said that overall 3.7 per cent of the EU’s €122 billion budget in 2010 was spent in error or against EU [...]
Brussels, 10th November 2011 - Robert Sturdy, East of England MEP, has welcomed news that India has withdrawn its opposition to EU Proposals aimed at helping Pakistan recover from last year’s devastating flood which continues to affect some 20 million people.India had been opposed to the suspension of import duties on key Pakistani imports. On the [...]
Brussels, 31st October 2011 – According to the UN Population Fund, today is the day that the world’s population will hit the 7 billion mark. On another landmark day, the 12th of October saw the European Commission announce its proposals for the reform of the EU’s Common Agricultural Policy, known as the CAP. Robert Sturdy, [...]
Brussels, Thursday 27th October 2011 – Robert Sturdy, Vice-Chairman of the European Parliament’s International Trade Committee and East of England MEP, was a keynote speaker at conference held in Brussels on the implementation of the EU-South Korea Free Trade Agreement on the 1st of July 2011. Alongside His Excellency Ahn Ho-young, Ambassador of theRepublic of [...]
Strasbourg, Wednesday 26th October 2011 – Plans to increase the European Union budget by more than five per cent – despite the financial crisis ravaging the continent – were condemned today by Conservative MEPs Robert Sturdy, Vicky Ford and Geoffrey Van Orden today as economic madness. Voting against any budget increases they argued forcefully not [...]
Brussels – Robert Sturdy MEP has put his name on a European Parliament’s written declaration that aims to protect dogs in the EU from cruel behaviour amid the growing number of stray and unwanted dogs throughout Europe. Robert was sent a letter co-signed by the Eurogroup for Animals, the International Fund for Animal Welfare and Four [...]
Brussels, Tuesday 11th October – The European Parliament’s International Trade committee adopted an important report on Trade and Investment Barriers in a Committee vote this afternoon. The report authored by UK Conservative MEP Robert Sturdy, is aimed at addressing the existing barriers to trade and investment by highlighting the sheer volume of Non-Tariff Barriers (NTBs) that act [...]
