Geoffrey with Hugh Fearnley Whittingstall - Saving our fish with the 'Fish Fight'
Supporting local industry: Visiting Lotus Cars at Hethel
Spot the good reasons why the EU should not be meddling in Defence
Supporting the East Anglian Air Ambulance
Launching Geoffrey's pamphlet "Ending Excess - Cutting the Costs of Parliament"
Supporting Basildon Council - with Council Leader Leader Tony Ball at Dale Farm
Promoting Trade with India, with Ratan Tata at the Vibrant Gujarat Investment Summit
Geoffrey hosting Saffron Walden County High School's visit to the European Parliament
Supporting Zimbabwe’s desperate fight for democratic change
Visiting Essex firefighters during campaign opposing the Working Time Directive
Supporting local R&D: Visiting European Bioinformatics, Cambridge
"I didn't become an MEP in order to promote the EU - I want us to govern our own country. I go to Brussels to speak up for British interests and the people of the East of England. My priorities are the prosperity and security of the United Kingdom."Geoffrey Van Orden MEP - everyday
Current Issues
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“More supportive approach to Sri Lanka is needed” says Geoffrey
Following his recent visit to Sri Lanka in his capacity as Chairman of the transnational, cross-party group “Friends of Sri Lanka” in the European Parliament, Geoffrey has called for more supportive engagement with the country as it recovers from 30 years of conflict.
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Keeping the pressure on Mugabe
Over many years Geoffrey has spearheaded the European Parliament’s tough resolutions on Zimbabwe. He has also been personally banned by Mugabe from entering Zimbabwe.
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Geoffrey continues the fight against increases in the EU Budget
After negotiations with the EU Council (where governments sit), the European Parliament seems reluctantly to have accepted a 2012 Budget with an increase below 2% - effectively less than 2011 in real terms. But local Conservative MEPs argue that this was not enough and there should have been major cuts in EU expenditure.
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eDispatch
Have you seen the results from Geoffrey's latest "Dispatch" questionnaire? 97% of respondents wanted to see a major change in Britain's EU membership...
