Brussels, 17/10/2012 (Agence Europe) - In a press release issued on Tuesday 16 October, the EPP group at the European Parliament spoke out against the announcement by the British government to withdraw from some 130 European policies in the field of justice and home affairs. Vice-Chairman of the EPP Group Manfred Weber described this as an action which “has not been thought through and would be contagious for the whole of the EU”.
On Monday 15 October, the British Home Secretary,...