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- Graham's blog Friday 18 December 2009 18. joulukuuta 2009 2:00
- Update from Copenhagen Tuesday 15 December PM 15. joulukuuta 2009 11:00
- Update from Copenhagen Tuesday 15 Dec AM 15. joulukuuta 2009 1:00
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Statement by Graham Watson MEP on the extradition of twenty Uyghurs from Cambodia to China and their need for a fair trial
This week we voted the European Union's budget for next year. The talks between Parliament and Council (the national government representatives, in this case the finance ministers) have not been easy, but eventually we reached agreement...
Greetings from Copenhagen! The Swedish environment minister addressed the Conference today, speaking on behalf of the EU. So too did Prince Charles, though on whose behalf nobody was really sure...
Local Tory Ogles Miss World whilst World Confronts Climate Change; and may need help removing foot f
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Serial climate change denier and Tory MEP Giles Chichester has attracted heavy criticism after heaping adoration on the newly crowned Miss World at the expense of climate change.
Again in a long queue in the freezing cold outside the conference centre. Despite media headlines about yesterday's disorganisation they seem to have learned little...
Greetings from the Copenhagen Climate Change Conference! I am here until Wednesday, and hope to keep you updated with developments. I left my hotel at 8.15 this morning...
After a brief suspension in the negotiations, talks are now tentatively underway again. The climate change conference centre holds 15,000 people. It is rumoured there is at least twice that number outside...
As the non-governmental organisations and policy advisers gathered in Copenhagen for the impressive array of meetings and briefings which precede next week's arrival of the government ministers, climate change also dominated this week's European Council (summit) meeting in Brussels...
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A number of constituents have recently expressed concerns over the appointment of Michel Barnier, the EU Commissioner for the Internal Market.
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Graham will report back to constituents from the Copenhagen Conference. Contact Graham's office to receive his newsletter from the event; euro_office@cix.co.uk, 01458 252269
Well, Barroso caught people on the hop last Friday lunchtime - as he did early in August 2004 - by announcing much earlier than expected the portfolios he wishes each Commissioner to hold...
Parliament met in Strasbourg this week. Our main debate was about the position to be adopted by the EU at the Copenhagen climate change summit. Obama's commitment to making some emissions cuts has helped; and in a resolution we called on the EU to go even further than previously envisaged...
Graham Watson MEP has re-designed his website. Have a look and tell me what you think. Don't forget to keep checking back, as it will be kept regularly updated with news from Europe and the South West, videos and opinion polls.
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Thank you for visiting my website. Using the tabs on the left, you will be able to keep track of what I am doing on behalf of my constituents in the European Parliament and in the South West.
Early this week the women members of Parliament and the European Commission were up in arms (or more accurately in neckties, demonstrating in front of the Council of Ministers' HQ) to point out that the best man for the job is often a woman...
Another unusually quiet week in Brussels...
