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2 unusual facts about MEP


Artur Zasada

In European Parliament election, 2009 (Poland) he was elected and became MEP, candidating from the second place in the list of Civic Platform Gorzów County and receiving 25 875 votes.

Debora Serracchiani

Debora Serracchiani, a then MEP and regional leader of the Democratic Party (PD), narrowly defeated incumbent President Renzo Tondo of The People of Freedom (PdL) 39.4% to 39.0% in the Friuli-Venezia Giulia regional election held on April 21–22, 2013.


2010 student protest in Dublin

After viewing video footage of the disorder MEP Joe Higgins said: "The use of Garda horses and dogs against student protesters in Dublin on Wednesday is an outrageous abuse of the right to protest. The intention was clearly to intimidate peaceful protesters and it is an utter scandal They should never again be used against protesters".

Alliance for an Open Europe

It was initiated by British Conservative Member of the European Parliament (MEP) Daniel Hannan, and its birth came in the midst of renewed questioning of the linkage between the centre-right European People's Party and the further-right eurosceptic European Democrats in the European Parliament.

American Service-Members' Protection Act

The Dutch MEP Wim van de Camp suggested in July 2009 that if the Netherlands should accept previous inmates of Guantanamo Bay the The Hague Invasion Act should be taken into account in the negotiations.

Bible translations into Japanese

In the Catholic Church, Emile Raguet of the MEP translated the New Testament from the Vulgate Latin version and published it in 1910.

Christos Michas

In 2009, Richard Corbett, an MEP for Yorkshire and Humber petitioned UEFA for a reversal of AC Milan's victory over Leeds United in the 1973 final.

Comitology

The EP negotiators, Joseph Daul MEP (chair of the Conference of Committee Chairs) and Richard Corbett MEP (rapporteur of the Constitutional Affairs Committee), bargained with the Council for several months, following the initiative taken, at Corbett's behest, by the then UK Council presidency (under a UK Labour government—Corbett is a Labour MEP) in the autumn of 2005, to re-open the subject and seek an agreed solution with the Parliament.

Compassion in World Farming

Compassion in World Farming joined forces with MEP Neil Parish in support of his petition calling for an EU-wide limit of 8 hours on journeys to slaughter.

Conservative Technology Forum

After it was relaunched as the Conservative Technology Forum, with a remit to cover advanced technologies in general, a centre-right, policy "think tank", 'Aediles', chaired by Malcolm Harbour MEP and directed by Simon Moores, was also formed, in 2002.

Czech presidential election, 2013

The Civic Democratic Party (ODS) held a primary elections in July 2012 to choose their candidate, selecting former President of the Senate Přemysl Sobotka over MEP Evžen Tošenovský.

Damian Hockney

On 30 January 2005 he announced that he was defecting to Veritas, the new party founded by ex-UKIP MEP Robert Kilroy-Silk.

Danny Lockwood

The “Nationalist Unity" meeting was hosted by members of The National Front, The British Movement and The British People's Party, along with Yorkshire MEP Andrew Brons of the far-right British National Party.

Directive on services in the internal market

MEP Francis Wurtz (European United Left - Nordic Green Left) declared to L'Humanité that, as European Commissioner Charlie McCreevy (who had succeeded Bolkestein) had pointed out, the European Court of Justice jurisprudence systematically favoured the "country of origin principle".

Edward Gierek

Gierek married Stanisława, née Jędrusik, and they had two sons, one of whom is MEP Adam Gierek.

Edward Kellett-Bowman

As a senior MEP, Kellett-Bowman served on the governing body of the European People's Party in the late 1990s.

European Court of Auditors

Terry Wynn MEP who served on the Parliament's Committee on Budgetary Control, reaching the position of chairman, has also backed these calls stating that it is impossible for the Commission to achieve these standards.

European Court of Justice

British Conservative MEP Sajjad Karim remarked, "Once again we have seen how an activist European Court can over-interpret the treaty. The EU's rules on sex discrimination specifically permit discrimination in insurance if there is data to back it up".

Federation of Irish Fishermen

The protest moved on to Government Buildings later in the day, and was supported by MEP Kathy Sinnott, Sinn Féin TD Arthur Morgan, and former unsuccessful (Labour Party/Socialist Workers Party/Independent) election candidate and Gombeen man, Michael O'Sullivan.

Franziska Brantner

Franziska Katharina Brantner (born 24 August 1979, Lörrach) is a German member of the European Parliament (MEP).

Graphisoft MEP Modeler

MEP Library is a library of parametric objects representing different parts of MEP systems with smart connections and other additional parameters needed for building engineering.

Heinrich Schweiger

Schweiger married former MEP and current Vienna first district leader Ursula Stenzel in 1983.

John Tomlinson

John Tomlinson, Baron Tomlinson (born 1939), Lord Tomlinson of Walsall, former MP and MEP

Jon Trickett

Formed politically in the anti-Vietnam war movement, Trickett joined the Labour Party in 1969 and was active on the Labour Left in Leeds from the late 1960s being the secretary of the 'Vote No' campaign in the Common Market referendum, and also the election agent for Michael McGowan who became the MEP for Leeds.

Joseph Daul

Finally, in 2005 and 2006, he and Socialist MEP Richard Corbett were Parliament's representatives for a new round of negotiations with the Council and Commission on comitology, giving Parliament, for the first time, the right to block the adoption of Commission implementing measures.

Joseph Muscat

As an MEP he supported a reduction in the tax for Satellite television, the right for customers to watch sport events for free, and a number of issues related to environmental protection in Malta.

Kareem Amer

United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP) Member of the European Parliament (MEP) Derek Clark made a speech at the EU parliament in Strasbourg on the matter of Kareen Amer and human rights in Egypt.

Karelian question in Finnish politics

There are some individual politicians who support the return of Karelia, such as MEP Ari Vatanen, and two candidates in the presidential election of 2006: Timo Soini and Arto Lahti.

Lorenzo Fontana

In October of 2012 Fontana cosponsored with fellow MEP Mario Borghezio a motion for a declaration by the EU Parliament calling upon Pope Benedict XVI to carry out the Consecration of Russia to the Immaculate Heart of Mary.

ManKind Initiative

The organisation's patrons include Erin Pizzey (founder of the world first domestic violence shelters), Lord Cotter, John Penrose MP and Liz Lynne MEP.

Mario Borghezio

In October of 2012 Borghezio cosponsored with fellow MEP Lorenzo Fontana a motion for a declaration by the EU Parliament calling upon Pope Benedict XVI to carry out the Consecration of Russia to the Immaculate Heart of Mary.

Markets in Financial Instruments Directive

In March 2012, MEP Markus Ferber suggested amendments to the European Commission's proposals, intended to strengthen restrictions on high-frequency trading and commodity price manipulation.

Martin Schulz

On 24 November 2010 the British MEP Godfrey Bloom caused a row in the European Parliament when he interrupted a speech by Martin Schulz, heckling him with the Nazi propaganda slogan ‘Ein Volk, ein Reich, ein Führer’ (‘one people, one empire, one leader’) and accusing him of being an ‘undemocratic fascist’.

Parliamentary group

They are more regulated than other kinds of parliamentary groups: to gain financial support or to join committees, each parliamentary group must consist of no less than 19 MEPs from five different EU member states.

Paul Nuttall

Between 2006-07, he worked as an assistant in the European Parliament to John Whittaker, MEP

Peace Mala

The website includes news articles relating to Peace Mala activities and endorsements from prominent religious leaders, political dignitaries and celebrities including the Pope John Paul II, the 14th Dalai Lama, Jillian Evans MEP, Sir Mark Tully Beth Nielsen Chapman, Bonnie Tyler and Barbara Dickson.

Peace Train Organisation

Other key figures in the organisation south of the border were the then Workers Party MEP Proinsias De Rossa, Tom French (politician) and southern secretary Seán Ó Cionnaith.

Regent House Grammar School

Jim Allister, Unionist politician and MEP for Northern Ireland

Rowsley

Philip Whitehead, MP, MEP, author and Emmy Award-winning television producer, was brought up here.

Sayeeda Warsi, Baroness Warsi

In March 2012, Baroness Warsi was criticised by a number of Conservative MPs at a meeting of the 1922 Committee for her handling of MEP Roger Helmer's defection to UKIP.

Scottish Left Review

Its current editorial committee consists of Scottish Green Party politician Mark Ballard, Liberal Democrat Moira Craig, Scottish Socialist Party co-spokesperson Colin Fox, academic and author Gregor Gall, peace activist Isobel Lindsay, Leigh Matthews, former Labour politician John McAllion, Robin McAlpine, Rector of the University of Edinburgh Peter McColl, and former MEP Henry McCubbin.

Spennymoor

The banner was unfurled on the night before the big meeting, by MEP Stephen Hughes and long-time trade unionist Rodney Bickerstaffe, General Secretary of the trade union UNISON from 1995 to 2001.

Teodoro Petkoff

In the second government of Rafael Caldera (1994-1999), MAS was in coalition with the centrist National Convergence party of Caldera, along with other left-wing parties such as the Communist Party of Venezuela (PCV) and the MEP, and other right-wing parties as the National Movement of Integration.

The Freedom Association

Other council members include Conservative MPs Christopher Chope, Philip Davies, Robert Halfon, Philip Hollobone, Gerald Howarth, John Whittingdale, and Andrew Rosindell, Conservative MEP Daniel Hannan, UKIP MEP Roger Helmer, former Conservative MSP Brian Monteith, Lord David Stoddart, House of Lords cross-bencher Baroness Cox and former leader of UKIP Lord Pearson.

Tiernan Brady

From 2000–2007 he served as Director of Organisation for Pat the Cope Gallagher, MEP and Mary Coughlan,TD.

Um Bongo

In 2013, after UK Independence Party MEP Godfrey Bloom made remarks about "Bongo Bongo Land", the Um Bongo website received a surge in traffic, despite the company stating that they had no political affiliations.

United Nations Association – UK

The issue features an article by International Development Secretary Justine Greening, on the post-2015 development agenda, as well as contributions from former-MEP Stanley Johnson and Paul Ingram, the Executive Director of the British American Security Information Council.

Viorica Moisuc

Moisuc is a member of the Greater Romania Party, part of the Identity/Sovereignty/Transparency group, and became an MEP on 1 January 2007 with the accession of Romania to the European Union.

Yas Marina Circuit

Among the sub-contractors involved were KOH AH HING from Malaysia (structural contractor), as well as specialised subcontractors; Voltas (MEP), PKE-Siemens (MEP), Able-Middle East (earthworks), Hamilton International (interior), Bau Bickhardt (track) and Unger Steel (steel structure).


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