NigelFarage

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Political Memory: Nigel FARAGE, MEP

{{#icon:NigelFarage.jpg|Nigel FARAGE}}

General Data

• Born on 03 April 1964, Farnborough
• Country: {{#icon:GB.png|United Kingdom||MEPs_GB}} United Kingdom
• Political Group: {{#icon:EFD.png|EFD||MEPs_EFD}} Europe of freedom and democracy Group (EFD)
  Party: United Kingdom Independence Party

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Functions in European Parliament

• Conference of Presidents (Member)
• Committee on Fisheries (Member)

Curriculum Vitae

• Secondary education
• Has worked for British, French and American companies operating in the commodity markets, especially the London Metal Exchange (since 1982)
• In the UK Independence Party: National Chairman (1998-2000)
• Chairman of the European Election Committee (2002-2004)
• Chairman, South East Counties (since 1999)
• National spokesman (since 2000)
• Member of the European Parliament (since 1999)
• Vice-Chairman of the EDD Group (1999-2004)

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Votes

• 22/09/2010 - Rapport Gallo on enforcement of intellectual property rights in the internal market 65.6/100
• 06/05/2009 - Directives reforming the EU's regulatory framework for electronic communications networks and services (telecoms package), 2nd reading 54.9/100
• 24/09/2008 - Directives reforming the EU's regulatory framework for electronic communications networks and services (telecoms package), 1st reading 55.6/100
• 10/04/2008 - Rapport Bono on cultural industries in Europe 100.0/100
• 12/10/2006 - Resolutions on European Patent Litigation Agreement (EPLA) 40.3/100
• 24/09/2003 - Directive on patentability of "computer-implemented inventions" (software patents), 1st reading 59.5/100

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Opinions

Sources

• Written questions at European Parliament
• Proposals for a resolution at European Parliament
• Reports at European Parliament
• Opinions at European Parliament
• Speeches in plenary at European Parliament
• Written declarations in European Parliament
• Wikipedia
• Google

Positions

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07/07/2008 Reply to campaign concerning vote on IMCO & ITRE of Telecoms package

Dear Sir

Thank you for your message about the insertion of provisions relating to IPR into the Telecoms Package.

Be assured that UKIP's MEP's will vote against any such insertion and, indeed, against the package itself and any amendment which extends its scope or hastens its introduction.

This is because the EU is inherently, irreformably and dangerously un-democratic and anti-democratic.

I quite agree with you about the undesirability of the elements you mention; but the content of the provisions is less significant, to us, than their source.

Nevertheless, I'm sure we shall vote as you would wish.

Yours faithfully

Andrew S. Reed

(Office of Nigel Farage)

Clearly, this is a position against the whole Telecoms package, we could be satisfied with it, but then the reason is that their group is deeply Euro-skeptic and he considers the European Union as "irreformable and antidemocratic". In short, they consider more the source of the project as undesirable, rather than the project itself.