Estonia will lose its monetary and fiscal sovereignty
14th JUNE 2010: This was a speech by Andrew Brons in the European Parliament in Strasbourg on Estonia's adoption of the Euro.
Trafficking directive aids illegal immigration
10th JUNE 2010: THERE was revelation at the end of the joint meeting of the LIBE and FEMM Committees.
Geert Wilders is being prosecuted for the expression of non-violent opinion
10th June 2010: Andrew made this contribution to a debate in the Civil Liberties, Justice & Home Affairs Committee on the Annual Report for 2009 of the European Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA).
Direct democracy is true democracy
2nd JUNE 2010: ANDREW Brons made this contribution to a debate in AFCO (Constitutional Affairs Committee) on the proposed Citizens' Initiative (petitions leading to referendums).
Forcing political parties to merge under a common name
2nd JUNE 2010: Contribution from Andrew Brons to a debate following presentations on the Development of a Transnational Party System, held in a joint meeting of AFCO and LIBE on Wednesday 2nd June 2010.
Translation: Another unspoken cost of mass immigration
14th JUNE 2010: THIS was a brief but pointed contribution made by Andrew Brons under the Catch the Eye procedure to the debate on the Right to Interpretation and Translation in Criminal Proceedings.
Removal of border controls had facilitated human trafficking
10th JUNE 2010: At a joint meeting of the LIBE Committee (Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs) and the FEMM Committee (Women's Rights and Gender Equality) Andrew Brons spoke on the subject of Combating and Preventing Trafficking in Human Beings.
The difference between Nationality and Citizenship
3rd JUNE 2010: Andrew Brons addressed a gathering of Hungarian Nationalists outside the European Parliament. They were there to present a petition to the European Parliament objecting to the Treaty of Trianon which was signed ninety years ago on 4th June.
European citizenship must not replace national citizenship
2nd JUNE 2010: ANDREW Brons made this contribution to the debate following presentations by experts on citizenship law in a joint meeting of AFCO (Constitutional Affairs) and LIBE (Civil Liberties, Justice & Home Affairs), held on Wednesday 2nd June 2010.
Another step along the road to the EU Superstate
2nd JUNE 2010: ANDREW Duff, a British Liberal Democrat and member of the European Liberals group had suggested that there should be twenty-five additional MEPs elected to the European Parliament from a transnational constituency comprising the whole European Union.