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Welcome to the South East European Campaign web site!
The Liberal Democrats are campaigning on a platform that Europe delivers real benefits for people in the economy, dealing with crime and protecting the environment. Liberal Democrats will continue to champion reform and transparency: in company and financial regulation, in EU institutions and in MEPs allowances.
Economy and jobs: More than 3 million UK jobs, £70 billion in pay, depend on trade with other EU countries. This is ten times more than the net cost of being in the EU. There are lots more benefits too, such as cheaper goods and inward investment which also creates jobs.
Crime: Initiatives like the European Arrest Warrant help us to catch terrorists and criminals who operate across national borders. This was a Liberal Democrat idea. We see cooperation with our neighbours in this way as helpful to ordinary people. Informal cooperation is not enough.
Climate change: Pollution and climate change have no respect for national borders. Countries have to work together to tackle environmental problems. Liberal Democrats were key to achieving the EU climate change package, and are ambitious to build it further.
Liberal Democrats say we need strong, active MEPs to help make EU rules suit the UK. Opting out leaves us weak and takes away our say.
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Mon 1st Jun 2009
"Support the Lib Dems next Thursday", says The Observer. As well as its Editorial, an article by Andrew Rawnsley praises Nick Clegg and the Liberal Democrats in the run-up to the elections for the European Parliament and the County Council as the one party that has consistently advocated Constitutional Reform and the one that has come out of the expenses scandal much less sleazed than either Labour or the Tories.
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Read ""Vote Lib Dem" says The Observer" in full
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Archive of earlier news stories
News Story Feed (v1.0).
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| South East England European Election Result |
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Turnout: 2207417 (37%)
35.2%
Conservative: 776370 (−9.3%)
19.5%
UK Independence Party: 431111 (+9.8%)
15.3%
Liberal Democrat: 338342
View the results in detail.
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