http://andrewduffmep.org.uk/newsarchive.php Recent News Stories from Andrew Duff MEP en-GB Andrew Duff MEP http://andrewduffmep.org.uk/ Prater Raines Ltd http://www.praterraines.co.uk/ (c) 2010 Andrew Duff MEP 2010-03-16T14:22+00:00 United Kingdom http://andrewduffmep.org.uk/news/000360/european_parliament_rejects_swift_interim_agreement.html European Parliament rejects SWIFT interim agreement - 2010-02-11T14:00+00:00 http://andrewduffmep.org.uk/news/000359/andrew_duff_says_new_european_commission_must_be_bolder_and_better.html East of England Liberal Democrat MEP Andrew Duff has voted in favour of the election of the new European Commission today. 2010-02-09T13:45+00:00 http://andrewduffmep.org.uk/news/000357/diplomacy_doesnt_stand_a_chance.html Sir, The withdrawal of UK government support for the College of Europe in Bruges is worse than it looks (report, February 4). Even with the bursaries British students are already very few and declining. 2010-02-09T10:07+00:00 http://andrewduffmep.org.uk/news/000358/federalists_say_new_barroso_commission_must_take_the_lead_on_crisis.html "Europe faces its worst financial crisis since the foundation of the euro. In his speech today and in his actions tomorrow, President Barroso has no excuse not to act", says Andrew Duff, President of the Union of European Federalists. 2010-02-09T09:55+00:00 http://andrewduffmep.org.uk/news/000356/rumiana_jeleva_was_not_up_to_the_job.html 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. 2010-01-19T00:00+00:00 http://andrewduffmep.org.uk/news/000355/i_am_rapporteur_for_the_european_commissioner_hearings.html See the European Parliament Live Broadcast here; 2010-01-12T10:21+00:00 http://andrewduffmep.org.uk/news/000354/appointment_of_national_mps_to_european_parliament_would_breach_the_treaty.html "If the European Council (10-11 December) agrees a draft protocol on the appointment of French national MPs to the European Parliament, the ALDE Group will insist on the holding of a new Convention", claimed Andrew Duff MEP (UK Lib Dems), ALDE spokesman on constitutional affairs. 2009-12-09T16:00+00:00 http://andrewduffmep.org.uk/news/000353/new_commission_brings_liberal_policies_sidelines_tories__duff_hall.html The announcement of EU Commission President Barroso's proposed new college of Commissioners has been welcomed as a boost for Liberal Democrat policies in Europe and a confirmation of the Conservatives' irrelevance. 2009-11-27T14:00+00:00 http://andrewduffmep.org.uk/news/000352/eu_top_jobs_real_work_starts_now.html Liberal Democrat Constitutional Affairs spokesman Andrew Duff MEP (East of England) and delegation Leader Fiona Hall MEP (North East of England) have welcomed the conclusion to the appointment process for Europe's 'top jobs". 2009-11-19T22:00+00:00 http://andrewduffmep.org.uk/news/000351/citizens_initiative_will_come_into_effect_in_december_2010.html The European Liberals and Democrats welcome the launch of the consultation process today by the European Commission with the publication of the Green Paper on Citizens' Initiative, relating to the implementation of article 11, paragraph 4 of the Treaty on the European Union. This represents in the eyes of the ALDE Group, real progress in participatory democracy in Europe. 2009-11-11T11:20+00:00 http://andrewduffmep.org.uk/news/000350/andrew_duff_joins_commemoration_of_berlin_wall_in_brussels.html Andrew Duff, Lib Dem MEP for the East of England, will join a demonstration in Brussels this evening to commemorate the fall of the Berlin Wall twenty years ago. A mock Checkpoint Charlie has been created outside the European Parliament, with real portions of the Wall erected. AD says: 2009-11-09T11:00+00:00 http://andrewduffmep.org.uk/news/000348/andrew_duff_welcome_lisbon_ratification.html Warmly welcoming the ratification of the Treaty of Lisbon today, Andrew Duff MEP, President of the Union of European Federalists, said:- 2009-11-03T18:00+00:00 http://andrewduffmep.org.uk/news/000349/verhofstadt_welcomes_final_lisbon_treaty_signature.html European Liberals and Democrats have welcomed the news that President Vaclav Klaus has finally signed the Czech Republic's ratification of the Lisbon Treaty following the Czech Constitutional court's rejection this morning of the latest appeal designed to block the entry into force of the Treaty. 2009-11-03T14:00+00:00 http://andrewduffmep.org.uk/news/000347/federalists_demand_key_commitments_from_barroso_ii.html The Union of European Federalists, meeting in Berlin on 24-25 October, has set out its key demands for the programme of the new Commission. 2009-10-26T14:45+00:00 http://andrewduffmep.org.uk/news/000346/cameron_must_stop_plotting_and_face_lisbon_reality.html The Irish people have given their decisive backing to the Lisbon treaty. This vote does credit to all those political forces in Ireland which have had to combat, over many months, the lies and distortions about the European project peddled by nationalists and europhobes ‑ many of them British. 2009-10-19T00:00+01:00