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ELISABETH SWEENEY
OUTREACH OFFICER
European Institutions
European Parliament736 MEPs – 27 Member States
Court of Auditors - Luxembourg
Court of Justice – Luxembourg
Council of MinistersEg : George Osborne
Commissioners x 27Cathy Ashdown - UK
Members of the European Parliament
• 736 represent 500 million peoples of EU
• 27 countries – 23 languages
• Brussels – Strasbourg – Luxembourg
• Proportional Representation Systems
Candidates at EP electionsMinimum 18 years of age
May stand as an individual or party member
Citizen of any Member State resident in EU
Deposit of £5,000 (2.5% of votes cast or lose it)
Term is 5 years – next election 2014
Electoral Commission
WHAT DOES AN MEP DO ?• Written Declarations/Questions to the
Commission
• Amends legislation through reports
• Constituency casework
• Visitors to Brussels/Strasbourg
• Attend political group meetings
• Attend full plenary sessions to debate/vote
Active Ageing & Intergenerational Solidarity
Intergroups
Welfare and Conservation of Animals
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- ban on import of baby seal products- phasing out battery-cage system- limit on transportation
European Political Groups
• EPP: Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats)
• Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialist and Democrats in the European Parliament
• ALDE: Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe
• ECR: European Conservatives and Reformists Group
• Greens/EFA: The Greens/European Free Alliance
• GUE/NGL: Confederal Group of the European United Left/Nordic Green Left
• EFD: Group "Europe of Freedom and Democracy“
• NA: Group of non-attached Members
8 MEPs for London
Marina Yannakoudakis
Conservative MEPs for London
Environment, Public Health and Food Safety
Women's Rights and Gender Equality
Intergroup:Climate Change & BioDiversity,Countryside activities & Forests
Dr Syed Kamall Charles Tannock
Constitutional Affairs (Vice-Chairman)
Intergroup:New Media
Foreign AffairsHuman Rights
Intergroup: Ways of St. James,Caminos de Santiago
Claude Moraes
(Labour Party)
Constituency Office:
65 Barnsbury StreetLondon N1 1EJEmail: [email protected]
Telephone: 020 7609 5005
Committee(s)Civil Liberties, Justice & Home Affairs (Member)
IntergroupsAnti-Racism & DiversityAgeing & Intergenerational Solidarity
Constituency Office:
4G Shirland Mews London W9 3DYEmail: [email protected]
Telephone: 020 8964 9815
Mary Honeyball
Committee(s)Culture & Education (Member)
Women's Rights & Gender Equality (Member)
IntergroupsAnti-Racism & Diversity, LGBT
Baroness Sarah Ludford
(Liberal Democrats)
36B St Peter's Street London N1 8JT [email protected] Telephone: 020 7288 2526
Committee(s)
Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (Member)
Intergroup: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender
Jean Lambert (Green Party)
Constituency Office :
Office of the Green MEPsCAN Mezzanine49-51 East RoadLondon N1 6AH
Email: [email protected] Telephone: 020 7250 8416
Committee(s)
Employment and Social Affairs (Member)
Intergroups:Disability, Ageing and Intergenerational Solidarity,Youth,Extreme Poverty & Human Rights, Trade Union
Gerard Batten (UKIP)
Address for Constituency Correspondence:
PO Box 51542 London SE1 3XS [email protected] Telephone: 020 7403 7174
Committee(s)
Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (Member)
