Last Thursday, on the orders of William Hague, the ECR group in the European Parliament, that includes Tory MEPs, voted to support the formal creation of the European External Action Service. I write formal because the EEAS has been in effective existence for some time. The EEAS is a deliberately bureaucratic name for what is […]
Charles Tannock, the Conservatives’ foreign affairs spokesman in the European Parliament, has called on the UN Security Council to issue an ultimatum to Sudanese President Bashir. Having been indicted by the International Criminal Court (ICC) Bashir expelled nearly half the aid workers in the region. Dr Tannock commented: "Issuing an arrest warrant against a sitting […]
Dr Charles Tannock, MEP for London and Conservative Foreign Affairs Spokesman in the European Parliament, argues that whilst MPs have less responsibility for legislation than MEPs we get our money’s worth from them in other ways. I created a bit of a stir back in February on ConservativeHome writing about why we should take the […]
Last week Daniel Kawczynski MP wrote for these pages about the "fundamental flaws" of proportional representation. The 47th and final comment on Daniel’s article was from Charles Tannock MEP, defending PR for European elections. We thought it deserved wider notice and have republished it below. It was a comment and is not, therefore, as polished […]
Dr Charles Tannock, MEP for London and Conservative Foreign Affairs Spokesman in the European Parliament, urges Conservtives to treat the role of MEPs more seriously. The reselection of our candidates for the 2009 European elections continues apace, and I wish those shortlisted all the very best for the imminent postal ballot. I won’t comment here […]
Next week in Strasbourg three Conservative MEPs will stand for the leadership of the delegation of Conservative MEPs. ConservativeHome asked each of them to briefly set out their stall… Richard Ashworth has been an MEP for South East England since 2004 and deputy leader of the Conservative MEPs since 2009. Proportional representation (PR) and the […]