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Wednesday, May 12, 2004 

HAVE ALL TORY MEPs SWORN ALLEGIANCE TO THE EPP?

EU and Foreign influence over the British election process, apparently evidenced by UKIP Leader Knapman's less than ringing call for EU withdrawal as mentioned in the post under this, is now compounded by this report of Tory MEPs,(some of whom had been threatening not to join the European Peoples Party that Michael Howard is trying to enforce)are now being forced to sign a loyalty pledge binding them to the federalist anti Nato EPP should they be elected, EPP Manifesto Linked from Here!! . I quote the report as it was received:-

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A meeting in London last night heard some very disturbing news about the
position of Tory MEPs and the EPP group. If it is true then it means that the ONLY part of the Tory manifesto for the Euro elections which is binding on the candidates is their sworn allegiance to involvement with the EPP. And this means that, effectively, the Tories are simply lobby fodder for the Federalist group in the European Parliament, while cannily telling everyone back home a very different story.

This is the release which was circulating at last night's meeting.

TORY MEPs MUST SWEAR ALLEGIANCE TO FEDERALIST GROUP OR BE SACKED

Tory MEP candidates have all been sent the Tory European Manifesto by Liam Fox and, in a letter dated 8th April, were required to accept in writing by 19th April that they agree specifically to the paragraphs endorsing association with the EPP group in the European Parliament.

There was no requirement for endorsement of any other section of the
Manifesto including the pledges to resist the EU Constitution and to keep the pound.

They have been told they will be deselected if they do not sign.

We now understand that all Tory MEP candidates have signed this endorsement although some may have entered reservations.

This follows the Ancram-Pottering agreement on Tory future membership of the EPP group and the split over the EP fraud investigations' vote.

This episode shows the undemocratic nature of the European Parliament where MEP's are selected and controlled by the Party leadership and face
deselection if they do not comply with the leadership's actions.

It also will leave a number of respectable eurosceptic parties in the
smaller states, mainly in Eastern Europe, without partners, which could help UKIP.

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posted by Martin |11:07 AM
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