In The News
Activities performed by IND/DEM in the period between June 1, 2004 and June 1, 2008 that resulted in an entry on Google News include:
- seeking to allow Parliament to be filmed;
- criticising EC President Barroso for taking a cruise on a yacht owned by Spiro Latsis prior to the Commission giving a Latsis shipyard a grant of €10 million;
- trying to get a European Parliament auditor's report on alleged abuses of staff allowances published;
- opposing the appointment of Rocco Buttiglione as Justice Commissioner;
- arguing against the Constitution Treaty,
- arguing against the Lisbon Treaty,
- arguing against a deeper Europe;
- expelling Lega Nord and the League of Polish Families;
- arguing against the two-person Presidency,
- arguing against the two-seat Parliament,
- arguing against attempts to fund plans to improve EP turnout;
- arguing for greater control of the Commission by Parliament,
- arguing for decentralisation,
- arguing for mandatory lobbying disclosure,
- supporting whistleblower Hans-Peter Martin.
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“I am sure that I never read any memorable news in a newspaper.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)