The South West’s very own Julie Girling is part of a ground-breaking delegation of MEPs to Burma. Andrew Burgess reports
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For an archane reason of Euro-politicking the European Parliament meets at Strasbourg every four weeks or so. It would be cheaper if it didn’t 
Sir Graham Watson, the first Liberal Democrat MEP to be elected, will be at Windsor Castle for the investiture ceremony when his knighthood will be conferred upon him 
South West Conservative MEP Giles Chichester has been elected as the European Parliament’s newest Vice-Present, gaining prestige and status to the region… 
South West MEP Graham Watson, has been awarded a Knighthood “for public and political services” in the Queen’s birthday honours list 
The South West Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall takes his fish-fight to Europe with his campaign to end fish discards launched at the European Parliament 
The first two satellites of the EU’s Galileo satellite programme will be launched on Thursday, October 20 from Europe’s spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, the European Commission has announced 
South West MEP Graham Watson has called for wider EU fire-safety legislation in the wake of the Penhallow Hotel fire disaster in Newquay 
Poland’s prime minister Donald Tusk unveiled the country’s symbolic logo for their EU Council Presidency. Designed by graphic artist Jerzy Janiszewski, who created the Solidarność/Solidarity logo, it aims to symbolically relate to values of solidarity, competitiveness, cohesion, openness and community spirit 1 comment - ()
The Devon County Show is promoting a campaign to secure geographical protected status under European law for the Devon Cream Tea, and is having a super-sized eight-foot wide scone baked to support the campaign 
Azerbajian won the Eurovision song contest just days after South West MEP Graham Watson argued that the country’s partipation in the European Neighbourhood Plan should be made conditional on democratic reform 
The EU will be a ‘super-observer’ at the UN, although it will still not having voting rights, along with other constraints which show the new status is largely symbolic 
European proposals to create 25 pan european MEPs have been called ‘nonsense’ by South West Tory MEP Ashley Fox 
South West MEP Ashley Fox tabled an amendment in the European Parliament to reduce the number of plenary sessions held in Strasbourg – the French government has hit back and announced its intention to launch immediate legal action against the amendment |
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