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Welcome to the website of Andrew Duff MEP - Liberal Democrat Member of the European Parliament for the East of England since 1999
East of England Region covers the Counties of Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Essex, Hertfordshire, Norfolk, and Suffolk, including Luton, Peterborough, Southend-on-Sea and Thurrock.
Andrew works all year round representing East of England in the European Parliament. This site is an important part of keeping you up to date with that work. Please also get in touch with your questions and enquiries.
Andrew writes a monthly article for the ft.com. Find his latest article by clicking the link on the lefthand navigation menu.
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Soundbites
"Has Blair asked himself if this job is really for him?".
"Cameron must stop plotting and face Lisbon reality".
"What an Irish No would mean for Europe" .
"Clarity needed on Barroso's Future".
"Irish gaurantees on Lisbon are welcome".
"Europe may be losing leadership on climate change".
Rumiana Jeleva was not up to the job
Tue 19th Jan 2010
Andrew Duff MEP (UK, Liberal Democrats), Liberal Democrat spokesman on constitutional affairs and the Constitutional Affairs Committee spokesman on the Commissioners-designate hearings, has welcomed Rumiana Jeleva's withdrawal from consideration as Bulgaria's Commissioner-designate.
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Read "Rumiana Jeleva was not up to the job" in full.
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What do MEPs want from the new commissioners?
Written by Andrew Duff MEP and published in FT on Mon 25th Jan 2010
Like it or not, the European Union cannot work without the European Commission. And it never works well unless the Commission is strong.
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Read "What do MEPs want from the new commissioners?" in full.
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All eyes on 'triple-hatted' Ashton
Written by Andrew Duff MEP and published in FT on Wed 16th Dec 2009
As the European parliament prepares for January's public hearings on President José Manuel Barroso's second Commission, the chief interest lies in the new post given to the UK's Catherine Ashton. The role is often dubbed 'double-hatted' but as more people begin to read the Lisbon treaty a rather different, and more complex, picture emerges.
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"I hate to say it, but only one party leader seems to have grasped that, if you construct a system where unskilled people are worse off by taking a job than by staying on welfare, they remain trapped in poverty - and that is Nick Clegg. "
Lord Norman Tebbit
Daily Telegraph online - 13 Jan
"It's unbelievable that the Tories are still planning to cut taxes for a handful of millionaires when the majority of people across the country are feeling the squeeze. We need fair tax cuts that put money back in the pockets of ordinary people. The Tory sums simply do not stack up. It is irresponsible and highly misleading for George Osborne to continue to pretend that they do. "
Vince Cable MP
Responding to Conservative Spending Plans - 4 Jan
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