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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9122

2 February 2006
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) ep/british conservatives
William Hague wants Tories out of EPP-ED and into new group

Brussels, 01/02/2006 (Agence Europe) - New leader of the British Conservative Party, David Cameron promised that he would take the 27 Tory MEPs out of the EPP-ED group, and, on 31 January, former leader William Hague contacted members of other groups, principally the Polish Law and Justice party, in Brussels to try to form a new political group. However, several British EPP-ED members are known to oppose such a move, and Mr Hague recognised on Tuesday that negotiations will probably last...

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