Interview with Student Direct

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THIS is an interview that Andrew Brons conducted with the student newspaper Student Direct on 24th  February  2010.

Our adversarial system of trial is quite different

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23RD FEBRUARY 2010: THIS contribution was made by Andrew Brons to a Debate on Judicial Co-operation in Penal Matters following a presentation by Mr. Winfried Schubert.

Whole populations of war torn countries are eligible to seek asylum

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23RD FEBRUARY 2010: I made this contribution to a LIBE debate on Burden Sharing Between Member States in the Reception of Asylum Seekers.

Observations on the Delegation to Rosarno

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23RD FEBRUARY 2010: I was appalled by the conditions under which the migrant workers were employed - a lack of contracts or of minimum employment standards. However, I was also appalled by the fact that local residents were employed by the municipality to do 'socially useful' work without proper contracts of employment.

Andrew supports by-election effort

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16TH FEBRUARY 2010: Andrew Brons was in Jarrow in the North East region - famous for the 300- mile march for jobs in 1936 -  to offer his active support in a by-election currently being fought there.

Book burning is alive and well

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24th FEBRUARY 2010: THIS was the contribution by Andrew Brons to a Debate on the European Parliament's Priorities for the United Nations Human Rights Council Under the 'Catch the Eye' Procedure.

Convention or Charter - which takes preference?

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23rd FEBRUARY 2010: I made this contribution to a debate in the LIBE committee this morning on the Accession of the European Union to the European Convention on Human Rights. It was both a comment and a question.

It's a constitutional brainteaser

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23RD FEBRUARY 2010: YESTERDAY in Brussels I was due to attend two committee meetings at the same time. I was able to do this by visiting both committee rooms and ascertaining when it was be most productive to attend each committee.

Just 26% of Croatians want to join the European Union

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19th MARCH 2010: ANDREW Brons asked this question of the Croatian Ambassador to the European Union, Branko Baricevic, in a meeting of the EU-Croatia Joint Parliamentary Committee.

Parlimentary Assistants step in for Andrew

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16TH FEBRUARY 2010: When Andrew Brons had to cancel a planned appearance at a Pendle BNP meeting last night, his parliamentary assistants Chris Beverley and Adam Walker stepped in to represent Andrew in his absence.

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