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Welcome to the website of Andrew Duff MEP - Liberal Democrat Member of the European Parliament for the East of England since 1999
East of England Region covers the Counties of Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Essex, Hertfordshire, Norfolk, and Suffolk, including Luton, Peterborough, Southend-on-Sea and Thurrock.
Andrew works all year round representing East of England in the European Parliament. This site is an important part of keeping you up to date with that work. Please also get in touch with your questions and enquiries.
Andrew writes a monthly article for the ft.com. Find his latest article by clicking the link on the lefthand navigation menu.
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Soundbites
"Has Blair asked himself if this job is really for him?".
"Cameron must stop plotting and face Lisbon reality".
"What an Irish No would mean for Europe" .
"Clarity needed on Barroso's Future".
"Irish gaurantees on Lisbon are welcome".
"Europe may be losing leadership on climate change".
Who is Herman Van Rompuy?
Written by Andrew Duff MEP and published in FT on Tue 23rd Feb 2010
With Europe's economic and monetary union in a spin, it is a good time to ask what the new Lisbon treaty can do to help. In institutional terms, the most relevant innovation is the creation of the post of standing presidency of the European Council and the appointment to it of Herman van Rompuy.
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Diplomacy doesn't stand a chance
Tue 9th Feb 2010
Sir, The withdrawal of UK government support for the College of Europe in Bruges is worse than it looks (report, February 4). Even with the bursaries British students are already very few and declining.
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"Anyone who wants to pass laws in this country should pay this country's full taxes and not hide behind the special offshore status of non-doms. Non-doms have to tell the taxman that their first allegiance is to another country. No-one should be a British lawmaker whose first allegiance is not to Britain. "
Chris Huhne, Liberal Democrat Shadow Home Secretary
www.libdems.org.uk - 2 March
"I think people are entitled to expect a sensible, stable government at a time when the country is facing very, very acute choices. We take what the markets are worrying about immensely seriously. We will not take any risk with the creditworthiness of the economy. "
Nick Clegg, Leader of the Liberal Democrats
Financial Times - 3 March
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