ECR

The New EU Commission
EU Reporter Correspondents
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
Tomorrow, February 9th, the European Parliament will vote on the appointment of the new Commission. As always, this will be a done deal - albeit with some posturing on the sidelines by MEPs with a fondness for the stage that the hemicycle is in danger of becoming.
 
Rebel MEP pledges allegiance to the EPP
EU Reporter Correspondents
Friday, January 15, 2010
The only thing that can be said about Edward McMillan-Scott’s political suicide is that it came after his death, writes Chris White.

MEP resigns in protest over homophobic statements.
EU Reporter Correspondents
Thursday, January 14, 2010

This journal has been mildly critical of two of the smaller groups in the European Parliament, the European Conservatives & Reformists (ECR) and the Europe of Freedom & Democracy (EFD), mainly because they have effectively marginalised the two centre-right British delegations by placing them on the periphery of EU politics. There has also been some speculation concerning the far-right backgrounds of certain members of both groups.

Unrest In The Parliament's F Bloc
James Hempstead
Wednesday, June 23, 2010
All is not well among the European Parliament´s F Bloc as the so-called fringe groups are becoming known.

David Cameron last week held what amounts to a clandestine meeting with Michel Kaminski, the much lampooned hate figure of the British media association with whom has rebounded badly on the Conservatives.
We Told You So
Chris White
Tuesday, June 22, 2010
The Conservative led coalition with Liberal Democrats in the UK has said repeatedly that it wants to "engage" with Europe. It certainly has!
As EU Reporter has been saying for several months the EU is driving harmonisation of VAT at 20 percent. The increase in the UK was inevitable.
Tories To Miss Out On Council Planning
Nicolas J White
Friday, June 11, 2010
The EPP will hold their party summit next week. The conference will be attended by 14 of the 27 EU leaders as well as 13 commissioners. However, one conspicuous absence will be the UK’s new prime minister David Cameron.
The Conservative Party’s decision to leave the EPP and form the ECR at one time looked like an inspired move to increase their bargaining power within the European Parliament.
Hostage To Fortune
Chris White
Tuesday, May 18, 2010
Not so much ‘joining’ more, as they say in French ‘enjoin’. As George Osborn, Britain’s new Chancellor, breezed into Brussels the relationship between the UK Liberal Democrats (LibDem) and the European Parliament’s largest, and most influential group, the European Peoples Party came sharply into focus.
EU Reporter had been informed, “reliably” that the LibDems would join the EPP in Strasbourg this week.
Cameron's Next Problem
Chris White
Sunday, May 9, 2010
The twists and turns of the UK’s post election trauma will have a curious impact on the European Parliament.
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