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April 2009
Energy Package   Gary Titley has long held the view that one of the biggest weaknesses in the European single market has been the absence of a coordinated energy policy.  That is why he welc...

March 2009 Second Session
Gordon Brown   A week before the G20 summit in London gets underway, Gordon Brown gave his most pro-European speech yet to MEPs at the second Strasbourg plenary session of the month.  “...
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Local Euro MP Says Text Costs Set to be Slashed
A local Euro MP says the cost of overseas texts is set to be slashed this summer – with plans for companies ripping off customers to face the law.   Following backing of the new proposals in th...

Local Euro MP Says New 'Red Button' Would Give Parents the Chance to Stop Unsuitable Video Games
A local Euro MP says parents should be given the chance to stop their children playing unsuitable video games with a new ‘red button’.   “Children love playing video games and there’s ...
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On the PSE Manchester week
It has been a longstanding ambition of mine to show my fellow MEPs how much the North West has changed for the better over the last decade or more, thanks to Labour working as a team at local, nationa...
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Nanotechnology
  INTRODUCTION   Less than a decade from now, 15% of all products will contain something called nanotechnology, say researchers.  But what exactly is it and how do we deal with the ...

Russia
INTRODUCTION   On May 7, Dmitri Medvedev will take over from Vladimir Putin as President of Russia. In this issue of Brussels Briefing we take a closer look at the new President and examine the...
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