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		<title>Quick, Quick, Slogo!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 2009 05:36:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andy Carling</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[2011 has been designated as &#8220;The European Year of Volunteering&#8221; by the European Commission, who have promised six million euros to support the call to raise the profile of volunteering and encourage the voluntary sector to learn from each other. Throughout the EU and estimated 100 million people give their time and energies in this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dan Hannan,The Man With The Plan</title>
		<link>http://www.andycarling.com/2009/09/dan-hannanthe-man-with-the-plan/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Sep 2009 10:20:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andy Carling</dc:creator>
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The British Conservative party has not only welcomed Dan Hannan MEP back into the fold, after his expulsion in February 2008 by Joseph Daul, but many are embracing his ideas, laid out in his book The Plan: Twelve months to renew Britain. In it Hannon lays out a series of thirty detailed and concrete proposals [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Barroso: To me, every member state has equal dignity</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Sep 2009 06:00:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[European Commission President, José Barroso gave a spirited and passionate defense of his ambitions for a second term and on his recently published "Political Guidelines for the Next Commission", a document demanded by the parliament's political groups ahead of an expected 16 September vote on his presidency.]]></description>
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		<title>The Next UK Government; Between a rock and a hard place&#8230; already</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Sep 2009 05:56:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andy Carling</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As David Cameron reads the opinion polls that give him a consistent 16 to 17 point lead over Brown's Labour, he may feel satisfied that the Conservatives are on the verge of victory and ending more than a decade in the wilderness. However, there is more to this picture. Cameron had to deal with one issue that could divide the party and ruin their Westminster chances, the issue of Europe.]]></description>
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		<title>War 2.0 and How To End It</title>
		<link>http://www.andycarling.com/2009/08/war-2-0-and-how-to-end-it/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2009 09:22:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andy Carling</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The European Union was founded after the Second World War, where large armed forces fought each other and devastated a continent. Such wars are becoming a thing of the past and most current and future conflicts are very different.]]></description>
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		<title>When The North Wind Doth Blow</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2009 09:09:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andy Carling</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Glynn Ford MEP is a member of the Parliament’s Delegation with Relations to the Korean Peninsula and a noted author on North Korea, most recently with 'North Korea on the Brink' where he analyses the Pyongyang regime and how the EU can engage with them. After the recent missile launches by North Korea, he talks with New Europe on what the regime is up to.]]></description>
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		<title>EU Continues To Discriminate Against Bent Bananas</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Aug 2009 08:59:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andy Carling</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the 1st July, the European Commission has removed specific marketing standards governing the size and shapes of 26 types of fruit and vegetables. This is part of an initiative to reduce red tape and has been welcomed by many groups, including farmers and consumers. In particular, organic farmers, who believe that it will reduce waste and boost sales of organic produce.]]></description>
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		<title>Pirates of the Parliament</title>
		<link>http://www.andycarling.com/2009/07/pirates-of-the-parliament/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 07:22:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andy Carling</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Christian Engström, newly elected MEP for the Swedish Pirate Party arrived in Brussels and spoke with New Europe&#8217;s Andy Carling.

There are several groups interested in you, which one are you going to join?
I don&#8217;t know, we haven&#8217;t really been talking to them yet.
There&#8217;s been some pretty oppressive legislation passed recently by national governments and the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Who Voted For The BNP?</title>
		<link>http://www.andycarling.com/2009/06/who-voted-for-the-bnp/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 13:56:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The election of Nick Griffin and Andrew Brons of the British National Party to the European Parliament has caused an uproar in the UK and beyond, with many lining up to express their disgust and revulsion. Others are looking into how this happened and what effect this will have on the nations reputation and the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Griffin Has Landed</title>
		<link>http://www.andycarling.com/2009/06/the-griffin-has-landed/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 12:40:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[After being inducted as an MEP, British National Party leader, Nick Griffin spoke with New Europe&#8217;s Andy Carling
How have you found Brussels so far?
Well it&#8217;s a bit like being a new boy at school obviously, but everyone, all the staff were helpful and professional.
Well, European politics is sometimes seen as more civilised than national politics [...]]]></description>
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