July 23: Cross-party consensus builds for 'yes to AV' voteA cross-party meeting on electoral reform in Westminster on the eve of Nick Clegg's announcement about the proposed 'PR Question' heard the arguments for more choice than Alternative Vote (AV) or First Past the Post (FPTP) as well as proponents of the coalition approach and those who favour the status quo. Most of us there in favour of a fairer system now simply want to get behind 'Yes to AV'. Here's why. read more.... TORIES SHOULD CONSIDER A LIBERAL BOND IN EUROPE TOOThe former leader of the Conservative MEPs has suggested a Conservative/Liberal coalition in Europe, to replace the mainstream link which David Cameron abandoned this time last year.
Mr Edward McMillan-Scott (Yorkshire & The Humber) who left the Conservative Party and joined the Liberal Democrats in March in protest over Cameron’s new EU alliance with a ‘bunch of nutters’ – as Nick Clegg described them in a TV Leaders’ Debate – said in an article posted on Comment is Free today [Friday July 16] Read more... CHINA: Hague following coalition line while European Parliament gets tougher with Chinese human rights abusesFollowing William Hague’s visit to China to forge greater ties between the two countries and today’s [July 15] European Parliament Hearing on Human Rights in China, Edward McMillan-Scott, European Parliament vice-president responsible for democracy and human rights and former leader of the Conservatives in Europe said: "I am pleased that William Hague has responded to the values of the coalition on foreign policy which includes a strong element of human rights in our dealings with countries like China, which, let’s face it, is a totalitarian regime. Although we have to do business, we cannot erase human rights from the politics. By obstructing trade you hurt the poorest. Read more... ELECTORAL REFORM: WE SHOULD HAVE A THREE-WAY CHOICE, SAYS DEMOCRACY MEPThe British public should be given three choices in a ‘traffic light’ referendum on electoral reform, which is expected on May 5 next year, says a leading MEP and democracy expert. Mr Edward McMillan-Scott, European Parliament vice-president responsible for democracy and human rights, said voters should be able to choose between the current First Past the Post (FPTP), Alternative Vote (AV) and Single Transferable Vote (STV). He hopes the public will give a red light to FPTP, an amber light to AV – which is not a truly proportional system – but the green light to STV. McMillan-Scott, who won the first national election under proportional representation (PR) – the 1999 Euro-election - while leader of the Conservative MEPs, is a long-term supporter of electoral reform. He joined the LibDems in March after a dispute over David Cameron’s choice of EU allies. Read more... RIP: JEAN SEARLE OBE Jean Searle OBE, who was Edward McMillan-Scott's political advisor and constituency organiser, died on 18 June 2010. On 29 June 2010 Edward gave the eulogy at Jean's funeral in Leeds.
"I was very touched when Mike asked me to say a few words about Jean’s political life. Jean and I were a political team for some 25 years: we encouraged each other, discussed the politics of the day, took initiatives and of course, gossiped about those around us." Read more...
Tamara's children failed by UK's new 'Amber Alert': May 25To mark International Missing Chidren's Day, the UK police and charities announced an 'Amber Alert' system to trace missing children, but it failed to operate effectively when Tamara Dyson abducted her twin four-year-olds Billy and Vixen read more. Meanwhile, 24 European NGOs involved in child alerts issued a call for all countries to apply the Missing Child 116 000 emergency number read more MADELEINE MCCANN: PARENTS' MISSING CHILD ALERT FOR EUROPE ON TRACK On the eve of the third anniversary [on 3 May 2007, Praia da Luz, Portugal] of the disappearance of Madeleine McCann in Portugal, a proposal to develop missing child alert mechanisms across Europe, supported by her parents Kate and Gerry McCann, is now well on course with €1 million EU funding.
Vice-President of the European Parliament Edward McMillan-Scott (Yorkshire & The Humber, LibDem), who launched a campaign with the McCanns in Brussels in April 2008, said their calls on the EU to improve cooperation on missing children was now official policy. Read more...
CAMERON SMEARS: “COME CLEAN” WARNS FORMER TORY EURO-LEADERA former leader of the Conservative Euro-MPs hit out today [Friday 23 April] at Conservative press officers , who have been accused of smear and heavy tactics by senior journalists this week. Mr Edward McMillan-Scott MEP (Yorkshire & The Humber), who joined the LibDems last month after a dispute with the Conservatives over their new European allies said:
"The Tories say one thing in private and pretend another in public. I experienced these tactics of disinformation and distortion for many months. Instead of playing dirty politics, the Tories should come clean on whether they tried to smear Nick Clegg - and produce the dossier on their controversial European allies", said McMillan-Scott. Read more...
BREMNER: SENIOR YORKS MEP JOINS IN URGE TO VOTE 16 April As Britain gears up to vote in the most important election in a generation, top British satirist Rory Bremner and senior MEP Edward McMillan-Scott joined forces to urge people to vote on 6 May. Yorkshire MEP McMillan-Scott, who is Vice-President for democracy and human rights in the European Parliament, stated: "Millions across Europe and beyond have fought and died to secure our democratic rights. Voting is the ultimate expression of democracy. It is our responsibility to exercise our right to vote". Read more...
HUMAN RIGHTS; "BEIJING MUST FREE GAO ZHISHENG" SAYS SENIOR MEPToday [Wed - 7 Apr], the European Parliament Vice-President for democracy and human rights urged MEPs to stand firm against China's continued human rights abuses. Addressing the committee on Human Rights in Brussels Edward McMillan-Scott MEP highlighted the issue of the Beijing Christian human rights lawyer Mr Gao Zhisheng, whom he befriended in 2006, and warned the Chinese authorities to "stop persecuting China's leading civil rights campaigners". Read more... "BEIJING MUST PRODUCE MISSING GAO ZHISHENG": SENIOR MEPAs the European Parliament prepares to debate an EU Commission statement on the consequences of the rioting in March 2008, the continued imprisonment of hundreds of Tibetans and the nature of the talks between the Chinese regime and the Dalai Lama [24 March, Brussels] Mr Edward McMillan-Scott, European Parliament Vice-President for democracy and human rights, plans once again to raise the issue of the disappeared Beijing Christian human rights lawyer Mr Gao Zhisheng, whom be befriended in 2006. Read more... LONGEST SERVING TORY IN EUROPE JOINS LIBERAL DEMOCRATSEdward McMillan-Scott, the Conservative’s most senior MEP, has joined the Liberal Democrats.
The former leader of the Tory MEPs who stood against Tory-backed Michal Kaminski has announced his defection to the Liberal Democrats at the party’s spring conference in Birmingham.
Edward McMillan-Scott, the Vice-President of the European Parliament with responsibility for human rights and democracy, was welcomed to the Liberal Democrats by leader Nick Clegg. Read more... DALAI LAMA: "EU FOREIGN POLICY CHIEF MUST MEET HIM IN PUBLIC" SAYS MEPCommenting on the Dalai Lama's remarks after his meeting with President Obama today [February 18], the European Parliament's Vice-President for human rights and democracy Mr Edward McMillan-Scott (Yorkshire & The Humber, UK) said: "The Dalai Lama's reference to female leadership is a coded attack on the Beijing regime, where an old-boy network of corrupt stooges maintains a terror state. It is time for the EU's new foreign policy chief, Lady Ashton, to step forward to greet the Dalai Lama in public and begin substantive discussions about Tibet’s future freedom, democracy and religious rights. At the least, the EU should create a Special Representative for Tibet, as it has for other troubled parts of the world." Read more... YORKSHIRE & HUMBER MEP TO PRESS BRUSSELS FOR UNIVERSITY CASH AS GOVERNMENT CUTS BITEThe region's leading MEP pledged to maximise financial support from Brussels for Yorkshire universities. With English universities facing up to £1 billion [rpt billion] in government cuts spread over the next three years (Times Educational Supplement 5 Feb), extra EU research and project funding could provide much-needed additional money. Read more... LEADING MEP TO CHALLENGE TORIES OVER EUROPEA leading MEP who defied the Conservative leadership over its European links is preparing a legal challenge after the party rejected his appeal against expulsion.
Mr Edward McMillan-Scott (Yorkshire & The Humber), re-elected a Vice-President of the European Parliament on July 14, for which he lost the Conservative whip, was expelled on September 15 without notice or reason. His appeal was heard on December 11, but was rejected by a panel of three Conservative Party office-holders, a Brussels press conference was told (Thurs - 14 Jan). Read more... EDWARD CONDEMNS CHINA FOR EXECUTION Today (Tues - 29 Dec), the Vice-President of the European Parliament responsible for democracy and human rights Edward McMillan-Scott MEP condemned the Chinese government for the "barbaric execution of Akmal Shaikh", urging the European Union to take a tougher line in all negotiations with China given growing evidence of worsening human rights abuses. Read an eyewitness account of organ harvesting from a live prisoner in China
McCARTNEY NOT ABOUT 'YESTERDAY', BUT ABOUT TOMORROW SAYS MEAT-FREE MEP Speaking at a Hearing in Brussels today (Thurs - 3 Dec) Edward McMillan-Scott praised Sir Paul McCartney for his "time and energy" for advancing a cause that he shares, the contribution of livestock production to greenhouse gases. The European Parliament Hearing, organised and chaired by McMillan-Scott (Yorkshire & Humber, bottom right, with Brussels assistant Alexandra Derrington Clark) was held to put the "Less Meat = Less Heat" message on the agenda of next week's (7-18 Dec) Copenhagen climate summit. Speaking at the Hearing, McMillan-Scott said: "Paul McCartney was the sole author of one of the most popular songs in history, 'Yesterday', but he is here today to discuss tomorrow - your future and your children's future".  Before the Hearing McMillan-Scott announced:
"I am pleased that Sir Paul McCartney and UN climate chief Dr Rajendra Pachauri chose my Brussels Hearing on Global Warming and Food Policy on 3 December 2009 to launch their key message "Less Meat = Less Heat" before the Copenhagen climate change summit. The three of us have chosen not to eat meat. "Sustainable meat, dairy and fish production is hardly mentioned in the climate change debate. A change of diet is our biggest chance to stop global warming - and save our health and money. It would also benefit millions of producers in Europe's uplands and the world's most difficult terrains." Another keynote speaker Dr Rajendra Pachauri, chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, referred to studies that meat production emits more dangerous gases - 18 per cent - than all transport - 13 per cent. McMillan-Scott, Sir Paul McCartney and Dr Pachauri signed a joint statement calling on governments and individuals to recognise the importance of meat and its impact on health and the environment. HUMAN RIGHTS: "IMPUNITY REGISTER" PROPOSED BY SENIOR MEP
As Europe's foreign ministers finally adopt a long-awaited agenda for action on democracy and human rights (http://www.consilium.europa.eu/uedocs/cms_Data/docs/pressdata/en/gena/111250.pdf), senior British MEP Edward McMillan-Scott has proposed establishing a register of confidential denunciations for human rights abuses worldwide which should be organised by the EU. Read more...
LESS MEAT = LESS HEAT: McCARTNEY TO SPREAD GLOBAL MESSAGE FROM BRUSSELSFormer Beatle Sir Paul McCartney will use a hearing at the European Parliament next month to urge people to cut back on eating meat in order to combat climate change on the eve of world talks in Copenhagen. He has been invited by leading Yorkshire MEP Edward McMillan-Scott and will be joined by UN climate change chief Dr Rajendra Pachauri. All three men do not eat meat. Read more... CAMERON SHOULD EXPEL REBEL 'H-BLOCK' SAYS SENIOR MEP David Cameron should expel two rebellious MEPs and move William Hague to another position as his new policy on Europe comes under attack from Conservative rebels, says one of the UK's most senior MEPs.
"David Cameron is right to stand firm against those in the Conservative Party who want Britain to withdraw from the European Union. The UKIP-Tendency within the Conservative Party are avowed secessionists who have done much to destroy the Party's reputation abroad", stated the Vice-President of the European Parliament and senior British MEP Edward McMillan-Scott. Read more... HAGUE SHOULD SUPPORT PATTEN FOR EU FOREIGN POST, NOT OBSESS ABOUT "PRESIDENT" BLAIR: MEP As EU leaders gather in Brussels today (29 October) for a two-day Summit to discuss the post-Lisbon Europe, senior British MEP and Vice-President of the European Parliament Edward McMillan-Scott (Yorkshire - UK) said:
"Instead of wasting political capital on attacking Tony Blair's bid to become the top man in the EU, William Hague should be promoting a top Tory for the other big new Euro-job, its new 'foreign minister'. The obvious candidate is Chris Patten, who is popular in the UK and enjoys immense respect in Europe and beyond. As a former Conservative environment minister, Party chairman and the EU’s former external relations Commissioner he would be an outstanding candidate for this key EU job", stated McMillan-Scott. Read more... OXFORD UNION REJECTS 'LIFE WITHOUT BRUSSELS'
Addressing the Oxford Union (20 Oct) in a debate entitled "This House Believes that there is Life after Brussels", Vice-President of the European Parliament Edward McMillan-Scott warned that "the options for the Euro-sceptics are running out". During his speech, a defiant McMillan-Scott - expelled last month from the Conservative Party - said the "Conservative leadership has become progressively more Euro-sceptic, with hardening attitudes in the Shadow Cabinet and amongst Tory candidates". Read more... MEP SEEKS PROPERTY RIGHTS PLEDGE AFTER CZECH MUDDLE OVER EU CHARTER
As Czech President Vaclav Klaus continues to hold up the ratification of the Lisbon Treaty, arguing for a property rights opt-out to the European Union's Charter of Fundamental Rights and his prime minister Jan Fischer seeks to seal a deal in Brussels today, senior British Euro-MP and Vice President of the European Parliament Edward McMillan-Scott said that Prague should stand by a Czech declaration this summer assuring restitution rights. Read more
MEPS INCREASE PRESSURE ON CHINA TO REFORM  On the eve of the 60th anniversary of the Communist takeover in Beijing, a major conference in Brussels heard that the European Parliament will increase pressure for change and reform in the world's biggest country.
Senior British Euro-MP Edward McMillan-Scott MEP (centre), Vice-President of the European Parliament responsible for democracy and human rights, opened a conference on September 30 of over 200 attendees, stating: "Democracy and human rights are the prioritiesof the European Union's foreign policy. We must never weaken our commitment to promoting these principles. This year is of particular significance since it is the 20th anniversary of our Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Expression.
"Whilst we cannot ignore China's new importance on the world stage, with this comes the need to act to international standards. China must not continue to treat people in such inhumane ways. China's record on human rights, democracy and religious freedom is appalling", warned McMillan-Scott, whose critical report on EU/China relations in 1996 set the tone for subsequent resolutions. All those with whom he had contact on his last visit to Beijing, in May 2006, were imprisoned and in some cases tortured to this day.
HAVE A MEAT-FREE DAY TO SAVE PLANET, SAYS SLIMMER MEPEdward McMillan-Scott launches 'Green Card'
You can download a copy here in PDF or send an SAE to the address below :
 A leading Yorkshire MEP is urging one meat-free day a week to reduce greenhouse gases and is linking it to China's appalling pollution and human rights record.
Mr Edward McMillan-Scott MEP (Yorkshire & The Humber, Conservative), a European Parliament Vice-President, said as the Chinese New Year opened:
"China's recent prosperity means more meat eating, more pollution and a world food crunch. I am remembering each week those who get no meat, like the seven million in China's prison camps."
The Green Card has been distributed to all MEPs and their staff and is available free with SAE from his constituency office at Boston Lodge, 42 High Street, Boston Spa, LS23 6EA, UK --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
____________ | Click here for comprehensive links to media comment on David Cameron's new European Conservatives and Reformists group, its leader Michal Kaminski and Edward McMillan-Scott's stand June 14: As crunch EU summit looms, Milliband and Huhne - who used last year's party conference platforms to savage Cameron's decision to quit the EPP and team up with what Nick Clegg called a 'bunch of nutters' - again lament Cameron's decision to quite the mainstream. Former UK foreign secretary and Labour leadership contender David Milliband told BBC TV that David Cameron would not 'be in the room' when key EU decisions are taken at EU summits such as that on June 18 - and Chris Huhne, a LibDem member of the shadow cabinet urged in the Independent on SundayCameron to rejoin the EPP.  CIF, Edward McMillan-Scott, 16 July 2010
Tories should consider a liberal bond in Europe tooTwitter is full of fascinating trivia about the goings-on in Westminster, as the coalition – the happiest event of my political life – begins to deliver. Trivia can illuminate the dark corners of politics. In Brussels the silly season is in full swing as the European parliament packs up this week for its six-week summer recess. Read more... CIF, Edward McMillan-Scott, 5 July 2010 AV is not the only voteWhen the likely date for the referendum on electoral reform was leaked by Nick Clegg as 5 May next year, I immediately posed the "French Ambassador has died" question. (Equerry to British ambassador: "Your excellency, I regret to inform you that the French ambassador died during the night." British ambassador: "I wonder why he did that?") I suspect it was to end the silence between the coalition parties and to flush out some reactions. Read more... System Change - How eating less meat can protect Europe's precious biodiversityEdward McMillan-Scott explains in The Parliament Magazine, 31 May 2010 This week opened with UN Biodiversity Day on Sunday and the European Commission’s traditional Green Week turns the spotlight on biodiversity. A UN report on the Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity, to be released this summer, concludes that it will cost us more in the long term not to protect our biodiversity than the economic cost of climate change. This startling conclusion will build on the UK government’s Stern Report , which argued that if no action is taken on emissions, there is more than a 75% chance of global temperatures rising between two and three degrees Celsius over the next 50 years. Read more...
Recent mediaCIF, Edward McMillan-Scott,13 May 2010 Europe will be coalition's first testThis is the best day of my political life since 1984, my first election. In 1988, Margaret Thatcher's Bruges speech set the increasingly Eurosceptic tone of the Conservative party, against which I struggled for so long and ultimately led to my joining the Liberal Democrats in March this year.
Britain has now become more of a European nation with five-year fixed-term parliaments, coalition government and the real prospect of much-needed electoral and parliamentary reform. Read more... European leaders give wary welcome to David CameronIan Traynor, 12 May 2010 Europe woke up to a new Britain today, determined to look on the bright side, but wary of an unknown prime minister seen as evasive, enigmatic, and probably – albeit politely – hostile.
Angela Merkel of Germany and Jose Manuel Barroso, the president of the European Commission in Brussels, got on the phone to Downing Street as the courtesy congratulations poured in. Read more... 
Edward McMillan-Scott, 10 May 2010 Liberals matter in Europe... they should matter here too The Lib Dems: Beyond the obvious advantages of having a viable
government based on coalition politics, there are clear benefits for Britain in a reformed electoral system, not only at home but also in a troubled world. The difficult first days of a political alliance always bring out the extremes, the apparently unreconcilable positions that any political party and its supporters contain. But wiser counsels prevail and gradually common ground emerges. Read more... CIF, Edward McMillan-Scott, 10 May 2010 Lib Dems could constrain Tory EuroscepticsThe issue of Europe is bound to be one of the stumbling blocks in any Conservative-Liberal Democrat alliance. The progress of Euroscepticism in the Tory party in recent years has been unchecked and largely unchallenged.
David Cameron would argue that his " Let's not bang on about Europe" policy has bought peace. But the factions, especially on the right, are still there. It is interesting that he spent Sunday night squaring both sides of the argument, meeting for example Sir Malcolm Rifkind as well as Theresa Villiers, according to Sky television. I have argued that the Tories would say one thing to woo Lib Dem waverers during the election – but would do another in government. Read more... CIF, Edward McMillan-Scott, 4 May 2010 Cameron's Euro alliance is on the rocksDavid Cameron's controversial European alliance, which provoked sharp exchanges during the leaders' debates, is set to unravel. The alliance was put together by Mark Francois, promoted for the task to the shadow cabinet. William Hague had apparently distanced himself from Cameron's decision to quit the mainstream and form a new grouping, through a leak to the Sunday Times. Nick Robinson also reported Hague's doubts during last June's Euro election results programme on BBC TV. Read more...  11 April 2010
Conservatives ignored secret report on extremist Polish alliesDavid Cameron forged his controversial EU alliance with rightwing Polish politicians despite a secret report by his own party which warned that they had homophobic and nationalistic tendencies, senior EU figures have told the Observer. Read more....
David Cameron has to come round on electoral reform Edward McMillan-Scott, 26 April 2010 David Cameron has to come round on electoral reform. Both principle and practicality dictate that Conservatives must rethink their stubborn opposition to proportional representation Speculation about how far Nick Clegg could push for reform with the Conservatives should take account of the Tories' dogmatic opposition to PR. David Cameron talks irrationally about the power to sack a government, when, in reality, the only voters properly enfranchised in the UK are those in marginal seats – and these have been bought, he hopes, with Lord Ashcroft's millions. Read more...
Own goal as Tories force out a decent manBernard Dineen, 22 March 2010 THE departure of the former leader of the Tory MEPs, Edward McMillan-Scott, to join the LibDems is a sad business. He hasn't "defected": he was forced out.
The trouble began when a would-be Palmerston in the Tory leadership decided to engage in European power politics. This juvenile exercise involved withdrawing from a mainstream EU group and joining a ragbag alliance of East Europeans. At a stroke, it offended European conservatives and provided an excellent opportunity for the Left to smear the new "allies". Given the nature of recent East European history, that wasn't difficult. It was supposed to strike a blow against federalism; instead, it has proved a disaster. Read more...
Edward McMillan-Scott: After my unjust expulsion, I'm quitting the Conservatives for a party of fairness and change12 March 2010 YORKSHIRE and North Lincolnshire have not lost an MEP, but they have lost a Conservative. I have joined the Liberal Democrats at their Birmingham conference this weekend. I was expelled, subject to appeal, from the Conservative Party last year after a dispute over David Cameron's controversial new EU partners. My appeal has been a long one-sided process which I at least have undertaken in good faith. Read more...
Conservative defector condemns party's 'vile letter' and hostility towards EuropeMEP Edward McMillan-Scott accuses Tories of euro-scepticism and 'double standards' for expelling him while only suspending Lord Archer - Toby Helm and Anushka Asthana The Observer, Sunday 14 March 2010 The former leader of the Tories in Europe launches a scathing attack on David Cameron's Conservatives today, accusing them of "visceral euroscepticism", "twisted" thinking and bullying tactics that forced him out of the party.
Edward McMillan-Scott, who defected to the Liberal Democrats on Friday, has also accused the Tories of "extraordinary double standards" for expelling him permanently, having only suspended Lord Archer, who was sentenced to four years in prison for perjury in 2001. Read more... Edward McMillan-Scott: Defending Europe cost me my place with ToriesWhat the Conservatives say publicly about Europe is not what they really think, says the MEP for Yorkshire and the Humber William Hague has been using positive words to describe the Conservative party's future relations in government with our EU partners. I have been around the higher circles of the party for long enough to know that a visceral euroscepticism has been growing there since John Major's day. I had a stand-up row with Hague when, while leader of the Tory MEPs, he tried to get me to back his "Never to the Euro" ticket.
It was chilling to hear the then party leader say to one very senior spokesman at an EU meeting some years ago: "We can say what we like here, but it will be different when we are in government." I should have left then, instead of carrying on the pro-European fight from within. Read more...
Former leader of Tory MEPs defects to Lib DemsEdward McMillan-Scott says he fears that on Europe David Cameron says one thing in opposition and will do another in government Paul Owen Friday 12 March 2010 15.22 GMT The former leader of the Conservatives in the European parliament has defected to the Liberal Democrats, the party announced today.
Edward McMillan-Scott, MEP for Yorkshire and the Humber, clashed with David Cameron over his decision to leave the centre-right European People's party and set up a new group, European Conservatives and Reformists. McMillan-Scott successfully stood against Michał Kamiński, the controversial Polish MEP chosen to lead the new group, for the post of vice-president of the European parliament, and as a result he lost the Tory whip. Read more...  Watch Edward and Nick Clegg interviewed at the Liberal Democrats' Spring Conference in Birmingham on the BBC Politics Show here.
 
What happened to Conservative values? Guardian Comment is Free Sat Jan 16 2009
Since I was expelled from the party for standing up to extremism, my former party's MEPs have lost their way in Europe Read more...
 Edward McMillan-Scott: We need new powers to rein in China January 3 2010
The execution of Akmal Shaikh is Europe's cue to stand up to an abusive one-party state and forget trade read more
Watch CNN's coverage of Edward's Less Meat = Less Heat hearing in Brussels with Macca and the UN's climate change chief
Yorkshire Post Letters: Supporting local farmers will help cut greenhouse gases
Published 19 December 2009 I WRITE to follow up the correspondence on eating less meat after my article of "Losing our appetite for meat could ease global warming" (Yorkshire Post, November 27), and my Brussels hearing on December 3, to which I invited Sir Paul McCartney, founder of Meat-Free Monday and Dr Rajendra Pachauri, the UN's climate change chief. Read more.. Yorkshire Post- Nov 27, 2009 I AM pleased that campaigner Sir Paul McCartney and Dr Rajendra Pachauri, chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, have chosen my Brussels ... Vice-President of the European Parliament Edward McMillan-Scottgives a speech at a rally calling for the end to the persecution of Falun Gong practitioners... eGov monitor- Dec 1, 2009 Photo opportunity with EP President Jerzy Buzek, Dr Rajendra K. Pachauri, Sir Paul McCartney and Vice-President Edward McMillan-Scott at President's office, ...
TheParliament.com- Dec 3, 2009 The debate was organised by British deputy Edward McMillan-Scottand McCartney was met with a huge throng of admirers when he arrived at parliament. ... Tibetan Culture & News Online- Nov 26, 2009 Dharamshala: European Parliament (EP) Vice President Mr. Edward McMillan-Scottat a meeting with a Tibetan Parliamentary delegation on 16th November in the ...
Scoop.co.nz (press release)- Dec 15, 2009 ...actress Natalie Portman, politicians like Edward McMillan-Scottof the European Parliament and climate change chiefs like economist Lord Nicholas Stern. ... EDWARD MCMILLAN-SCOTT JOINS 'PIVOTAL' EUROPEAN LIBERAL GROUP - 18 May 2010Edward McMillan-Scott MEP (Yorkshire & Humber, UK) has joined the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE) group in the European Parliament. He will continue to sit in the parliament’s Bureau as an independent Vice-President to maintain the balance for other groups. Read more... |