ECR Today, Gone Tomorrow?

ECR Today, Gone Tomorrow?

The controversy over Michal Kaminski shows no sign of dying down, indeed as the British election campaign has unofficially started, it seems that Labour will keep it alive. This is causing concern to the Czech Civic Democratic Party (ODS), who have had discrete chats with the EPP group. So far these have come to nothing, [...]

December 26th, 2009 by Andy Carling 

“A Right Wing Coup”

“A Right Wing Coup”

Tory Euro-skeptics power grab endangers ECR Group and UK Election chances
Pro European Tories are mounting a counter attack after what they see as “a right wing coup” that handed control of a planned transnational party and think tank to a group of Euro-skeptics, led by Daniel Hannan MEP and dashed Conservative Central Office hopes of [...]

October 30th, 2009 by Andy Carling 

Cameron’s Kaminski Problem Goes Global

Cameron’s Kaminski Problem Goes Global

The issue of Michal Kaminski and Robert Zile is becoming a huge problem for Britain’s Prime Minister in waiting. His Foreign Secretary, William Hague has just returned from meeting Hillary Clinton and others in the Obama administration and all did not go well.
The State Department is growing more concerned with the Tories, especially in relation [...]

October 23rd, 2009 by Andy Carling 

Dan Hannan,The Man With The Plan

Dan Hannan,The Man With The Plan

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 [...]

September 12th, 2009 by Andy Carling