19-11-2004, 03:25 AM
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British ministers are EU part-timers
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/newspap...364802,00.html
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BRITISH Cabinet ministers were accused of being “part time” yesterday after research by The Times showed that they have the worst attendance records of the biggest member states at important EU meetings.
Although Tony Blair pledged to put Britain at the heart of Europe, Gordon Brown, the Chancellor, Jack Straw, the Foreign Secretary, David Blunkett, the Home Secretary, and Margaret Beckett, Secretary of State for agriculture, have all attended fewer EU ministers’ meetings than their French and German counterparts over the past three years.
More than half of British laws now originate in Brussels, and are automatically adopted by Westminster.
Mr Brown’s attendance at EU finance ministers’ meetings has been declining steadily since 2002 despite the regular lectures he delivers to Brussels on how to improve the EU’s economic performance. He has attended only 19 of the 29 finance ministers’ meetings since 2002. Often he sends a junior minister.
“Brown doesn’t really get on with any of the other ministers, and often doesn’t bother showing up. We’ve always no idea whether he is coming,” one EU official said.
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That's great. Not only are they handing our sovereignty over to the EU, but they are doing it blind. Very responsible government. All those Labour voters will be truly impressed.
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