Strasbourg 15 December 2010.
The European Parliament today adopted a regulation that will enable a million EU citizens to request a new EU law from the European Commission: the European Citizens' Initiative.
12th November 2010
Dear Sir
I am sure that many of your readers are aware of the ongoing discussions on next year’s European Union budget. The European Parliament wants a 6% increase. Most European governments want to restrict the rise to 2.9%, which I still think is too high.
9th November 2010
Dear Sir
The EU Court of Auditors has once again refused to sign off the European Union´s accounts. It is now 16 years running that the EU has failed to submit accurate accounts.
1st October 2010
Dear Sir
The EU is renowned for trying to crack a nut with a sledge hammer, and the latest economic proposal to come out of the European Commission is no exception.
30th September 2010
The EU's Advocate General has today decided that taking the sex of a person into consideration for insurance purposes was against a person’s fundamental rights. Conservative MEP Ashley Fox has been described this as madness.
24th September 2010
One in three people will develop cancer over the course of their lifetime. With over 200 different types it is a disease that effects everyone regardless of age, gender, health or wealth.
22nd September 2010
Honda have unveiled their new environmentally friendly Fuel Cell car Car, the FCX Clarity.
8th September
Dear Sir
Your readers may remember a grave threat to the people of Gibraltar from early August this year.
11th August 2010
Dear Sir,
Many of you may be unaware of developing problem facing the residents of Gibraltar. Considering its distance from the UK it is rare that a story crosses back to Britain, but I wanted to draw your readers’ attention to the harassment threatened against the residents of ‘The Rock’.
22nd July 2010
Dear Sir,
I am glad that after 5 years of incompetence the Rural Payments Agency will finally be reviewed and overhauled. Agriculture Minister Jim Paice has made it plain that he is not prepared to brush the problem under the carpet like the previous government.
1st July 2010
A local Wiltshire Conservation Group is just one step away from receiving EU money to help support the re-introduction of the worlds largest flying bird back to the Salisbury Plain. The Great Bustard Group hopes to bring back their one metre high namesake 170 years after they moved into the pages of British History.