Tag: Dutch MEP
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Our interview with MEP and Friends of New Europeans member Wim Van de Camp: His valuable insight on EU trade and entrepreneurship policies
As a substitute member of the INTA Committee, what would it be in your opinion the main challenge in EU Trade Policy in 2018? European trade is facing two big challenges in my opinion. We face an unpredictable US administration and a complex relation with China. I think that particularly Chinese investments in Europe are going to…
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“An Accession of Turkey to the EU Should Happen if They Are Ready. I Say Let Us Work Hard – It Will Take Time, But Let Us Take The Time”
Before becoming a Member of the European Parliament, Johannes Cornelis van Baalen was a member of the Dutch national Parliament. He was eventually asked to lead the list for the European Parliament, and he accepted due to his international and European mind-set. “We have a Europe that works for the member states, it is not…
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“Many Think That Europe is Responsible for the Crisis. In fact, Europe is Solving the Crisis.” Interview with Ria Oomen-Ruijten, Dutch MEP
Dutch Member of the European Parliament, Ria Oomen-Ruijten, started out as a member of her national Parliament in the 1980’s. When asked to candidate for the European Parliament in 1989 she accepted, and since then she has held top positions within her own political group, the European People’s Party, and within the European Parliament itself,…