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Immigration and the European Union
Wednesday, 20th May 2009 - reminder
euro Vice
Wednesday, 17th June 2009
The EU and what the Conservatives should be doing about it
Watch the highlights of the last meeting online
NEXT MEETING
Immigration and the European Union
Wednesday, 20th May - 6.45pm for 7.00pm
THE SPEAKERS
SIR ANDREW GREEN KCMG
Chairman of MigrationWatch UK
&
RICHARD SHEPHERD MP
Champion for more open and transparent government
SIR ANDREW GREEN KCMG
Sir Andrew Green was a professional diplomat for 35 years. He is the Chairman of MigrationWatch UK. Asked how he came to be involved in migration issues, Sir Andrews said that he first became aware of the problem when he was the Foreign Secretary’s principal adviser on the Middle East in the mid-90s. At that time he spent two years trying, on the Prime Minister instructions, to remove from Britain Islamic extremists who were claiming asylum but was frustrated by the British courts.
MigrationWatch UK was founded in 2001 by Sir Andrew after he decided that immigration was a matter which should be brought to the attention of the public. MigrationWatch UK is an independent organisation; who believe that the public are entitled to know the facts about the numbers coming into Britain.
Sir Andrew shall be launching at this meeting MigrationWatch’s report on how the European Union is affecting immigration into Britain. And shall be discussing;
is membership of the EU compatible with immigration control?
RICHARD SHEPHERD MP
Richard Shepherd is the Conservative Member of Parliament for Aldridge Brownhills. He has been a champion for more open and transparent government and is known and respected for the long campaign he fought for freedom of information. Richard Shepherd is also a campaigner against compulsory metrication.
He has had a distinguished Parliamentary career. Previously he has been a winner of both the Spectator's Award as Backbencher of the Year and Parliamentarian of the Year. Richard Shepherd was also a Maastricht Rebel and fought for a referendum on that Treaty. He lost the Whip in November 1994 after voting against the European Communities (Finance) Bill, but had it returned four months later.
ADMISSION: £10 payable on the door or in advance
Including wine, orange juice, mineral water and nibbles
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LOCATION: Foreign Press Association
11 Carlton House Terrace, London SW1Y 5AJ
AGENDA:
Lectures: 7.00pm – 8.00pm
Discussion: 8.00pm – 8.30pm
Wine and refreshments: 8.30pm – 10.00pm
FORTHCOMING MEETING
euro Vice
How the euro and the Lisbon Treaty is putting the squeeze on Europe
Wednesday, 17th June 2009
6.45pm for 7.00pm
With
Dr Anthony Coughlan
Dr ANTHONY COUGHLAN
Dr Anthony Coughlan, a Senior Lecturer Emeritus at Trinity College Dublin, is one of the Republic of Ireland's leading EU-critics. And is Director of The National Platform EU Research and Information Centre. This is a think-tank which produces documentation critical of closer European integration on democratic grounds for use by ‘No’ campaigners in the Republic's periodic European referendums.
He regards the growth of EU-critical opinion in the Republic of Ireland to be part of a growing international movement throughout Europe in defence of national democracy and the Nation State and subscribes to the dictum of the late President Charles De Gaulle that, "Europe is a Europe of the nations and the states or it is nothing."
Tony Coughlan was responsible for initiating the 1986/7 Crotty case before the Irish Supreme Court. This judgement laid down that a popular referendum was necessary before there could be a surrender of sovereignty to supranational European institutions, as the people are the repositories of sovereignty under the Irish Constitution, so only they can surrender it. It is because of this judgment that Ireland is required to hold a referendum on the Treaty of Lisbon before it can be ratified.
He is also involved in a number of cases before the Irish Supreme Court to try and ensure that the forthcoming Lisbon II referendum is fair and not distorted by the Irish Government.
ADMISSION: £10 payable on the door or in advance
Including wine, orange juice, mineral water and nibbles
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LOCATION: Foreign Press Association
11 Carlton House Terrace, London SW1Y 5AJ
AGENDA:
Lectures: 7.00pm – 8.00pm
Discussion: 8.00pm – 8.30pm
Wine and refreshments: 8.30pm – 10.00pm
WEBCAST OF THE MEETING ON
THE CONSERVATIVE PARTY AND THE EU
Watch the highlights of the last meeting online
As a result of Labour surrendering our nation’s democracy any future Conservative government will find itself to be in office but not in power. At this Bruges Group event, Businessman and political philanthropist Stuart Wheeler and journalist Fraser Nelson, discussed the Conservatives EU policy and looked at what they should be doing to reclaim our independence.
Click here to listen online to Stuart Wheeler and Fraser Nelson
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