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European elections 2009: Europe's centre-right declares war on Conservatives - Telegraph

The European Parliament's centre-right grouping has declared war on David Cameron and said a new Conservative government must not be allowed to derail the Lisbon Treaty.
The Tory leader has angered the European People's Party (EPP) after pulling out of the grouping to form a new Eurosceptic bloc called the European Conservatives and Reformists.
Mr Cameron's pledge to hold a referendum on the Lisbon European Union Treaty, if it remains unratified by the Irish by the time of a British general election, has also alarmed the Brussels establishment as Labour goes into political meltdown.

by Fran on Tue Jun 9th, 2009 at 03:48:12 PM EST
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The conservatives are in trouble thanks to the success of the BNP. A lot of the parties who were thinking of forming a new grouping with them are more allied/sympathetic to the BNP. So the tories may have a choice of joining a group alongside the BNP or crawling back to the EPP.

Good choices Dave.

keep to the Fen Causeway

by Helen (lareinagal at yahoo dot co dot uk) on Tue Jun 9th, 2009 at 04:53:10 PM EST
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European Salon de News, Discussion et Klatsch - 10 June | 100 comments (100 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)