European leaders claim not to know.
“I hope, Mr Barroso, you will go and beat Commissioner Andor over the head with this report.”
As a matter of priority, extensions to the transitional controls on Romanian and Bulgarian need to be investigated. In ten weeks time, these will expire.
The Commission’s claims are misleading because in many cases claims made by foreign migrants are impossible to audit.
We’ve only just returned from Strasbourg, but would you believe we’re going back AGAIN next week. The Treaties say we must hold 12 sessions a year there.
The ‘Cut EU Red Tape’ report by a panel of business people makes a useful start to meeting the challenge. And we’ve also published our own research today.
A Grand Coalition of the CDU/CSU and the SPD remains the most likely outcome. But the SPD will not go in with much if any enthusiasm.
By bringing forward the date of the referendum, we would ensure that all the parties (including UKIP) would have to “put up or shut up”.
Afriyie’s article clearly signals that he is prepared to withdraw his amendment if it finds little support among his Conservative colleagues.
It was never going to be popular to break with the conventional wisdom. But I truly believe it’s in our national interest to hold an early plebiscite.
That’s right: a majority of currently declared Conservative voters who would consider voting Lib Dem are broadly pro-EU.
The only result of Adam Afriyie’s and Nick Clegg’s interventions is likely to be further delays and complications.
The new anti-Euro party, the AfD, fell just short of the 5 per cent threshold required to secure Bundestag seats. Without eurosceptic pressure, Merkel might well simply leave Cameron flapping in the wind.
Many of them think Ed Miliband is doing a bad job.
While I am very sensitive to the concerns of other MPs, I fully intend to continue and take this amendment to a vote on the 8 November.