Gordon Brown addresses European Parliament - 2009-03-24

Today PM Gordon Brown will debate the preparations of the G20 Summit in the European Parliament in Strasbourg.

Glenis Willmott MEP, Labour's Leader in Europe, commented:

"Gordon Brown is engaging the European Parliament to build a consensus to craft a way out of this unprecedented global economic storm. Meanwhile the Tories keep on fighting amongst themselves about whether to be in or out of Europe."

"David Cameron, by withdrawing his MEPs from the mainstream centre right party of Sarkozy and Merkel, is leading his Tories to a political tundra. By putting dogma before the national interest he is even losing the support of the decent women and men in his own Party. With Christopher Beazley leaving the Tory delegation today, we can see that he does not even have the support of his own Members."

"The choice on June 4th is stark. We either give our workers and businesses the means to defend themselves in this economic storm or we allow the Conservatives to put up the shutters and say Britain is closed for business."

For more information please call the European Parliamentary Labour Party press officer, Silke Thomson on +32 479 790 053.

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