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Gerard
Batten attends the plenary sessions of the Parliament
in order to oppose legislation harmful to Britain. In 2004
to 2009 he was a member of the Security and Defence Committee
and was UKIP’s spokesman on that subject.
In
2009 he became a member of the Justice and Home
Affairs and Civil Liberties Committee’
and will devote special attention to the erosion of our
civil liberties by the European Union by such means as
the European Arrest Warrant, Trials in Absentia, the common
recognition of fines and confiscation orders, and the ‘harmonisation’ of
member states legal systems.
Gerard
Batten is a member of the European of Freedom of
Democracy Group in the Parliament. The EFD Group
contains MEPs from nine countries who are only linked by
their opposition to an increasingly undemocratic European
Union. Gerard Batten sits in the group on a voluntary basis
and only to gain procedural and political benefit for his
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He is a prolific speaker
in the Parliament on a multitude of subjects, He uses
his speeches to draw attention to the damage being done
to Britain by membership of the EU, in terms of the economy,
the destruction of our democracy, and the undermining
of the judicial system. His speeches usually end with
a call for Britain to leave the EU.
MEPs are usually restricted to speaking times of 60
or 90 seconds, sometimes a little longer.
For Gerard
Batten’s speeches 2004-2009 go to the
following link:
Speeches in the European Parliament
This book is a compilation of 149 speeches and interventions
can be downloaded. If you wish to print please be aware
that it is 155 pages long.
For
Gerard Batten’s speeches 2009-2014 to the
following link
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