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Articles

• A political miracle (Parliament Magazine, March 2007)
• Rule 47: Meeting the challenge of a new Europe (New Europe)

Blogs

• Blogs on the European Parliment

Leaflets

• What on earth does an MEP do? (3-panel brochure)

Letters to editors

• 21 February 2008 Private Eye - No MEP has the absolute right to disrupt parliament
• 04 February 2008 The Independent - Hannan does not have the absolute right to disrupt the house
• 24 January 2008 The Independent - MEPs, like MPs, must be voted in by the public
• 13 January 2008 Sunday Telegraph - European Parliament protesters were not censored
• 2 December 2007 Observer - A completely unbalanced article on the European Parliament
• 1 November 2007 Daily Telegraph - The EU has an unparalleled level of accountability for an international organisation
• 26 October 2007 Yorkshire Evening Post - Explanation of our votes
• 9 July 2007 Huddersfield Examiner - I did not contradict myself in the European Parliament
• 21 April 2007 Daily Express - The European Parliament is split down political lines, not national
• 8 March 2007 Scunthorpe Evening Telegraph - Of course Britain only has a share of MEPs
• 5 July 2005 Hull Daily Mail Parliamentary elections determine governments
• 28 June 2005 Yorkshire Post It's important to elect MEPs

External links

• Role and powers of the European Parliament (from the UK office of the European Parliament)