The UK's Conservative MEPs have formed a new "anti-federalist" European Parliament bloc.The new European Conservatives and Reformists Group includes 55 MEPs from across eight member states.
The UK's Conservative MEPs have formed a new "anti-federalist" European Parliament bloc.
The new European Conservatives and Reformists Group includes 55 MEPs from across eight member states.
They said it couldn't be done, so this announcement is a success for Dave in Europe. The new European Conservatives and Reformists Group has 55 members from eight countries. That makes it the fourth largest group and entitles it to a share of the committee slots and other perks of the EU parliament.
my emphasis Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.
55 members from eight countries. That makes it the fourth largest group
After his pledge to quit the EU's main centre-right bloc was criticised for isolating him from Nicolas Sarkozy and Angela Merkel, recent attempts to avoid xenophobic allies are causing friction with his Czech partner. The Czech ODS, led by Mirek Topolánek, the former Prime Minister photographed naked at Silvio Berlusconi's villa, wants as many parties as possible to join Mr Cameron's group of MEPs to give it extra clout. But Mr Cameron is resisting the more populist candidates, such as Italy's anti-immigrant Northern League and the similarly inclined Danish People's Party (DPP). While the Czechs have no objections to Umberto Bossi's Northern League, the Tories fear that it would bring bad publicity.
After his pledge to quit the EU's main centre-right bloc was criticised for isolating him from Nicolas Sarkozy and Angela Merkel, recent attempts to avoid xenophobic allies are causing friction with his Czech partner.
The Czech ODS, led by Mirek Topolánek, the former Prime Minister photographed naked at Silvio Berlusconi's villa, wants as many parties as possible to join Mr Cameron's group of MEPs to give it extra clout. But Mr Cameron is resisting the more populist candidates, such as Italy's anti-immigrant Northern League and the similarly inclined Danish People's Party (DPP).
While the Czechs have no objections to Umberto Bossi's Northern League, the Tories fear that it would bring bad publicity.
I still can't find a list of parties in this new group, though. A man of words and not of deeds is like a garden full of weeds; a man of deeds and not of words is like a garden full of turds — Anonymous
