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The stand-off between Jose Manuel Barroso and a swathe of rebel MEPs will be back in the spotlight on Thursday (3 September) as the European Commission president publishes his policy plans for a hoped-for second term in office. The move comes after a...
Tags: European Commission, Mr Barroso, Jose Manuel Barroso, José Manuel Barroso, European Parliament, EU Presidency, European People's Party, europeans parliament, europeans commission, prime minister
Britain's Conservative MEPs will be part of a new 55-strong "anti-federalist" political group in the European parliament, it was announced today. A fortnight after the Euro elections returned 26 Tory MEPs, David Cameron has fulfilled his controversial...
Tags: European Parliament, David Cameron, European People's Party, EU parliament, european conservative, conservative mep, European People’s Party, Latvian, Tory MEPs, group includes
Center-right parties across Europe on Monday hailed European Parliament election victories as a sign of voter distaste for big stimulus spending and corporate bailouts as solutions to the economic crisis. They pledged restrained government spending, pushing...
Conservatives scored victories in some of Europe's largest economies Sunday as voters punished left-leaning parties in European parliament elections in France, Germany and other nations. Some right-leaning parties said the results vindicated their reluctance...
Tags: European Parliament, European People's Party, European Democrats, right parties, Gordon Brown, Mr Brown, prime minister
A new anti-federalist group, made up of David Cameron's British Conservatives, the Czech Civic Democratic Party (ODS) led by former Prime Minister Mirek Topolánek and the Law and Justice Party (PiS) of former Polish Prime Minister Jaroslaw Kaczyński,...
Tags: European People's Party, European Parliament, David Cameron, prime minister, Warsaw, leader david
June 1 2009 20:11 Last updated: June 1 2009 20:11 Anyone contemplating this week’s European parliament elections could be forgiven for feeling disenchanted with the entire event. This election ought to be a galvanising moment in democratic politics,...
Tags: europe, politics, Timothy Kirkhope European Parliament, europeans parliament, Record Europe, European People's Party
Member states employ a variety of voting systems so making predictions of the outcome is difficult, particularly as the electorate has become more volatile in some countries as a result of internal political factors...The continuing scandal over MPs’...
Tags: European Roma Information Office, European Parliament, European Union, European People's Party
Poul Nyrup Rasmussen is president of the Party of European Socialists. The European People's Party is holding its congress in Warsaw at the moment, and you are also in Poland yourself, in Kraków. What is the purpose of your visit? My purpose is to...
Tags: Warsaw, European People's Party
At least 50 workers were injured in a clash with Warsaw police during anti-government protests against job cuts, authorities said. Three policemen were also hurt when some 5,000 workers of the Polish National Railways and several hundred shipyard workers...
Tags: Warsaw, European People's Party, European Parliament, Donald Tusk, European Commission, ins warsaw
Speaking after talks with Gordon Brown in Downing Street Mr Barroso said he had spoken to David Cameron about the plan "on a number of occasions". As president he was neutral but he said large groupings like the centre-right EPP helped shape the EU's...
Tags: David Cameron, European People's Party, European Commission