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Britain’s conservatives have been warned that by leaving the largest grouping in the European
Parliament they risk losing any influence they have had on EU policymaking. Geoffrey Van Orden MEP, explains why, on the contrary, his party’s go-it-alone stance makes good sense.

This article also appears under the title 'Very well, alone!": Why the UK's Tories are leaving the EPP-ED group' in Europe's World, Summer 2006

• Primary Source

Europe's World, No.3, Summer 2006: Very well, alone!": Why the UK's Tories are leaving the EPP-ED group http://www.europesworld.org/PDFs/Issue3/EW3_2.9_Van_Orden_Why_the_UK_Tories_are_leaving.pdf

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