Tory lawmaker rocks Parliament’s Eurosceptics

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Series Details 15.7.09
Publication Date 15/07/2009
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EurActiv reports that United Kingdom Conservative Party MEP Edward McMillan-Scott was elected to become a Vice-President of the European Parliament on the 14 July 2009. This would infuriate his political group, the European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR), which had nominated a Pole, Michal Tomasz Kaminski, as their nominated candidate.
Source Link http://www.euractiv.com/en/eu-elections/tory-lawmaker-rocks-parliament-eurosceptics/article-184105
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BBC News, 14.7.09: Defiant Tory MEP loses party whip http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/8150922.stm
ESO: Background information: Tories unveil new European alliance http://www.europeansources.info/record/tories-unveil-new-european-alliance/
BBC News, 16.9.09: Conservatives expel defiant MEP http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/8257926.stm
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