The announcement of the Tories’ formal establishment of the new anti-federalist grouping in the European Parliament – the European Conservatives and Reformists group – was (deliberately) buried by the party yesterday on a day when they realised political attention would be focused on the election to be Commons Speaker. Ever since David Cameron’s panicked and

David Cameron has been accused of leading the Conservatives out of mainstream European politics and joining forces with “a rag-bag of extremist parties” after succeeding in forming a new, anti-federalist group in the European parliament.

The Conservatives’ new “anti-federalist” political group in the European Parliament will be a powerful force for change, it has been claimed.

Gary Titley MEP fires a broadside at Cameron’s Conservatives in Europe: “…Tories are still Tories. David Cameron might claim they have changed, but we see the real face of the Conservatives in the European parliament. In the last year alone Tory MEPs voted against fighting the trafficking of women, energy efficiency, the Fundamental Rights Agency and

We are promised nasty words about the Conservatives and their new anti federal allies in the European Parliament from Mr Huhne. These federalist Lib dems, who are always criticising Tories for not being friendly enough to fellow European democratic parties,

David Cameron, the Conservative leader, unveiled the membership of the new alliance his party is forming in the European Parliament, after breaking away from the mainstream centre-right European People's Party in protest at its federalist approach

David Cameron said his Conservative party's move to create a new anti-federalist grouping in the European parliament would not fracture relations with other mainstream centre-right parties in Europe

I've done a few posts about the European Parliament lately but one other thing I've noticed that is not so well known about is the actual history of the UK Conservatives' groups in the European Parliament. So here's my best attempt to briefly detail it: When the UK, together with Ireland and Denmark, entered the European Economic Community (as was) in 1973, the European Parliam...

The European parliament has officially adopted an anthem and flag which were left out of the Lisbon treaty for fears they appeared federalist.

Establishing a new conservative, anti-Lisbon and anti-federalist group in the European Parliament will not weaken the European People's Party, Geoffrey Van Orden, a leading Conservative MEP told EurActiv in a telephone interview.