Saturday, 28th January 2012
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 Who are the
best and worst MPs
The Bruges Group has ranked Members of Parliament according to their voting
in the House of Commons. You can check how they voted on the key EU related
issues that came before them and see who are the genuine Eurosceptics and who
are Europhile. You can also let your Member of Parliament know what you think
of their voting record.
Is your MP one of the best or one of the worst MPs?
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Rebutting
the Government’s pro-EU propaganda
The Minister for Europe's misleading claims
Triggered by an enquiry from a constituent of Philip Davies MP, a series of
correspondence began
between Mr Davies, the Bruges Group and the Europe Minister, the Rt Hon David
Lidington MP.
The Minister originally claimed that there were a number of benefits that
follow from Britain’s
EU membership. The Bruges Group rebutted these erroneous claims. The Europe
Minister then
responded to the Bruges Group’s countering of his pro-EU propaganda. His
response to the Bruges Group analysis poses important
questions about the Governments attitude to the EU. These questions need to be
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German Economic
Policy and the Euro 1999 - 2010
Germany has benefitted more than any other country in the Eurozone since
the launch of the Euro in 2002. The Euro has effectively become a German
currency empire which is draining the resources of the Eurozone’s smaller
economies.
The harm that German policy is causing is so severe that the Mediterranean-Rim
countries are caught in a debt trap where their economies are suffering, they
are incurring debt and must then impose austerity measures which further
weaken their economies. Yet their economies will not grow so long as the Euro
helps German manufacturers dominate the Eurozone
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A
Crisis of Trust
The Bruges Group is pleased to announce the publication of A Crisis of
Trust by Stuart Wheeler. It examines, in detail, the political culture
that has grown up in Britain since our accession to the EU.
A Crisis of Trust is an invaluable guide to what has gone wrong and
how our shattered parliamentary institutions may yet be put right, written by
one of Britain’s most successful and well-informed businessmen.
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EFTA or
the EU?
EFTA/EEA is a simple off-the-shelf working alternative to the EU and has
immediate benefits. EFTA states offer a shining example of what Britain can
achieve outside of the EU. Those sovereign states are much better-off and much
more free and economically dynamic.
Replacing the UK's membership of the European Union with that of the European
Free Trade Association and the European Economic Area will enable regulations
to be repealed, it will allow businesses to grow and will thus lower
unemployment and create around 1 million new jobs |
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The Single Market and
British Withdrawal
The stark economic facts as to why the UK should leave the EU
The EC Customs Union dates to 1957. The Single European Act came into
effect in 1992 and superimposed on the Customs Union a costly,
tightly-regulated, supposedly harmonised internal market: the Single Market.
The outsourcing to Brussels of the regulation of all the City’s financial
markets, the Social Chapter, the Working Time Directive, Health and Safety and
Tax Harmonisation: all are part of the pursuit of the Single Market.
Membership of the Single Market is often said to be vital for British trade.
The facts suggest that that proposition is wrong |
The Bruges Group is a think-tank which holds meetings, lobbies and produces
research on issues relating to Britain’s membership of the European Union. Our
Honorary President is the Rt Hon. the Baroness Thatcher.
Since our foundation in 1989, following on from the Bruges speech made by the
then Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher, the Group has produced ground-breaking
research on issues relating to; the cost of the EU, payments to the EU,
immigration, the euro, the EU and the environment and EU corruption.
The Bruges Group also comments upon the many EU institutions, such as the
Brussels bureaucracy which includes; the European Commission, the European
Court of Justice, the Council of Ministers and the European Parliament. These
European institutions, and their bureaucrats, produce directives and
regulations which are a burden upon businesses and the economy.
Through its work against the treaties which establish and govern the
functioning of the European Union the Bruges Group spearheads the intellectual
battle against European integration, EU federalism, centralisation and
enlargement. The Bruges Group continues to consider issues relating to the
UK’s withdrawal from the EU and the need to restore British sovereignty and
democracy. As such there should be a referendum on the EU.
The Group often comments on the Conservative Party and Europe; which remains
a contentious issue for the government.
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