This is the report on the Independence and Democracy Group site about the famous 'Bucharest Declaration'.
Why they all had to travel to Bucharest - at our expense - when they all meet up in Brussels anyway - is a question worth asking.
Did they all stay in B&B - or maybe a 3-star hotel?
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(English)
Ind/Dem Group signs a joint declaration with Romanian Party NIP
FOCUS ON18/04/07 - Ind/Dem Group signs a joint declaration with Romanian Party NIP
[Photo: from left to right Mr Gusa, Mr Bonde, Mrs Sandru.]
Yesterday, April 17, Ind/Dem Group and NIP have agreed on a common political platform regarding several European policy topics.
The political declaration was signed during a bureau meeting held in the capital of Romania on behalf of the Ind/Dem Group by Ind/Dem co-president Mr Jens-Peter BONDE, Vice-Presidents Mrs Kathy SINNOTT, and Mr Nils LUNDGREN, and by the other present members of the group Mrs Hélène GOUDIN, Mr Patrick LOUIS,
Mr Derek R. CLARK.
The document has been signed on behalf of NIP by the President Mr Cozmin GUSA and the Vice-President Mrs Lavinia SANDRU.
The two groups agreed in combining their efforts against the ratification of the EU Constitution and stressed the necessity of a referendum for any text that will be presented in the future.
Ind/Dem and NIP found a common view also on other European policy aspects like subsidiarity, fiscal policy and common agricultural policy.
Ind/Dem and NIP are political groups based on the respect of human rights, democracy and transparency.
JOINT DECLARATION IND/DEM - NIP
By: M. Elena Murru
Email:
elena.murru@europarl.europa.eu
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
P.S. This was an earlier article on their website:
(English)
Meeting in Bucarest for Ind/Dem Group
FOCUS ON12/04/07 - Meeting in Bucarest for Ind/Dem Group
Next week the Independence/Democracy Group in the European Parliament (IND/DEM) will hold major political meetings in Bucharest, the capital city of Romania, from Monday to Wednesday, April 16-18, 2007.
This is the first political visit of the Group to Romania, although preliminary contacts were established over the past months between IND/DEM and the National Initiative Party (NIP) :
As part of their programme of meetings, IND/DEM Members will exchange views with representatives of the counties of PRAHOVA and ARGES and hold a conference in Bucharest entitled "Romania's Accession to the EU - From Totalitarism to Loss of Sovereignty" on Tuesday, April 17, 2007 from 11:00 to 13:00 at hotel Crowne Plaza - Ball room A.
By: Jolana Mungengova
Email:
jolana.mungengova@europarl.europa.eu
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
P.P.S. The criminal trial of Ashley Mote M.E.P. at Portsmouth Crown Court, scheduled to last for four weeks, begins in July - his long-running attempts to get the institutions of the European Union to give him exemption from prosecution having failed
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------