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Hot off the press today a new group has been formed in the European Parliament. It consists of 55 MEPs with negotiations going on for more members to join them
The 55 MEPs at the moment are:
26 British Conservative MEPs
15 Polish MEPs from the Law and Justice Party
9 Czech MEPs from the Civic Democratic Party
1 MEP from Belgium's Lijst Dedecker - Derk Jan Eppink, a Dutchman who is a former senior European Commission official
1 MEP from Finland's Centre Party, Keskusta - Hannu Takkula (who has left the Liberal Group where the rest of his party sits)
1 MEP from the Hungarian Democratic Forum - Lajos Bokros, a former finance minister
1 MEP from the Latvian National Independence Movement - Roberts Zile, a former finance and transport minister
1 MEP from the Dutch Christian Union - Peter van Dalen
They have signed the Prague Declaration that sets out some principals for the grouping for the anti-Fedalist group as follows.
1. Free enterprise, free and fair trade and competition, minimal regulation, lower taxation, and small government as the ultimate catalysts for individual freedom and personal and national prosperity.
2. Freedom of the individual, more personal responsibility and greater democratic accountability.
3. Sustainable, clean energy supply with an emphasis on energy security.
4. The importance of the family as the bedrock of society.
5. The sovereign integrity of the nation state, opposition to EU federalism and a renewed respect for true subsidiarity.
6. The overriding value of the transatlantic security relationship in a revitalised NATO, and support for young democracies across Europe.
7. Effectively controlled immigration and an end to abuse of asylum procedures.
8. Efficient and modern public services and sensitivity to the needs of both rural and urban communities.
9. An end to waste and excessive bureaucracy and a commitment to greater transparency and probity in the EU institutions and use of EU funds.
10. Respect and equitable treatment for all EU countries, new and old, large and small."
This sounds good to me, in particular the possibility that more may join. We need a more powerful centre-right Euro-sceptic grouping in order to advance some real reform and to abandon the dreadfull federalist programme. Unless there is substantial reform I do believe the UK will not remain in the EU for much longer.