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Proceeding contribution from Tobias Ellwood (Conservative) in the House of Commons on Wednesday, 14 July 2010. It occurred during Debate on European External Action Service.
I am pleased to see my hon. Friend in his place and starting to scrutinise EU legislation in a way that we have not seen before, rather than taking the tick-box approach that we saw from the Labour party. Concerns are expressed on both sides of the House about the duplication in the EU. It still has two Parliament buildings, it has a European Defence Agency that tries to mimic what NATO does, and it is still trying to build a satellite system, Galileo, which duplicates the free global positioning system operated by the United States. Will my hon. Friend ensure that he keeps the EU's ambitions in check, that there is a threshold for how far European countries can come together and work together, and that there is clarity about where that stops and sovereign power takes over?
Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
513 c1038 
Session
2010-12
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
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