"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
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Geoffrey Van Orden MEP celebrates landmark opening of new rail terminal at Felixstowe
Today (6 June) signals the opening of a new North Rail Terminal at Felixstowe. The project adds nine new lines of rail track to the existing eleven, as well as a further three unloading cranes. Hutchison Ports (UK) which owns the Felixstowe port expects to move 800,000 shipping containers a year once the site is operational.
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Geoffrey Van Orden MEP is standing up for our fishing industry
As part of the continuing efforts to reform the EU’s Common Fisheries Policy (CFP), government ministers are meeting again in Brussels (13-14 May). Their aim this time is to simplify the regulations.
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NATO Secretary General comments on EU defence policy
Conservative Security and Defence spokesman, Geoffrey Van Orden MEP, today (6 May) stated that European defence policy was merely a case of the EU looking for ways to justify its existence and push for more European integration.
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