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Brexit Party MEPs voted abstained on this non-legislative, non-binding report. The European Ombudsman has done a decent job on investigating issues within the Commission and EU institutions. The report praises the Ombudsman and lightly calls for more transparency with the EU structure.

2016/11/22

The Brexit Party have voted to abstain on this legislative report. Whilst we support the principle of cooperation with neighboring countries, particularly when this concerns combatting serious crime and terrorism, we cannot support this being facilitated via the EU. As we believe these agreements should be conducted bilaterally, we abstained on this report.

2016/11/22

The Brexit Party have voted to abstain on this legislative report. Whilst we support the principle of cooperation with neighboring countries, particularly when this concerns combatting serious crime and terrorism, we cannot support this being facilitated via the EU. As we believe these agreements should be conducted bilaterally, we abstained on this report.

2016/11/22

Although the Brexit party opposes EU tax harmonisation, and does not support EU legislation over the UK, these provisions would reduce the scope of VAT and so we abstained.

2016/11/22

Brexit Party MEPs voted against this motion for a resolution. We do not support the EU spending trillions of euros and harmonising laws and targets. If Member States wish to achieve climate objectives, it should be on their own terms and not the EUs. Brexit Party MEPs voted on a number of amendments, in order to reduce the extent of targets and increases in EU legislation.

2016/11/22

The Brexit Party voted against this non-legislative report. Whilst we respect the importance of the human rights issues raised within this report we are opposed to the European Union becoming involved. We are firmly opposed to the increasing use of serious human rights issue abroad as justification for the enhancement of the EU's foreign policy apparatus.

2016/11/22

The Brexit Party voted against this non-legislative report. We are opposed to the development of the EU's strategic autonomy and the further transfer of foreign policy decision making to the EU level.

2016/11/22

The Brexit Party voted against this non-legislative report. We are opposed to the development of the European Defence Union. Defence of the realm is fundamental to nation-state sovereignty and should remain the responsibility of the member-states.

2016/11/22

Brexit Party MEPs abstained on this legislative consent procedure proposal. The EU bans beef being imported from the USA, which has been treated with hormones, but allows a quota of non-hormone treated beef form the USA being imported. This has been a long standing trade dispute which has led to tariffs and counter measures between the two parties for decades. This proposal is a final agreement between the EU & USA, which will maintain the EU ban on hormone treated beef imports, but will give the USA a greater share of the non-hormone treated beef imports. This will mean there will be a reduction of beef imports to the EU from Australia, Uruguay and Argentina. While we don’t want to legitimise the EU negotiating the UKs trade policy, it is up to the EU to decide their own tariffs once we finally leave.

2016/11/22

Brexit Party MEPs voted against this non-legislative resolution. The EU bans beef being imported from the USA, which has been treated with hormones, but allows a quota of non-hormone treated beef form the USA being imported. This has been a long standing trade dispute which has led to tariffs and counter measures between the two parties for decades. This non-binding resolution is attached to a previous vote on the same issue. We opposed this resolution as it seeks to politicalise trade and calls on the EU to take more action in the world.

2016/11/22

The Brexit Party abstained on this non-legislative resolution. We reject the development of an EU foreign policy and attempted interference by the European Union abroad and within third states. Specifically on the judgement of whether or not the ending of President Morales term constitutes a coup d'état is a political judgement, one which the EU should not be making. We remain concerned by on-going reports of breaches of human rights and welcome steps to towards the return of Bolivia to a fully functioning democracy with free and fair elections.

2016/11/22

Brexit Party MEPs voted against this non-legislative motion for a resolution. We believe that any climate change action should be based on scientific research and not fear mongering; moreover this is something that should be a Member State’s prerogative, rather than directed by EU action. We have voted against many of the unachievable targets set out in the amendments, as well as calls for further EU action.

2016/11/22

Brexit Party MEPs abstained on this non-legislative resolution. The Istanbul Convention itself is a (non-EU) international agreement to combat gender violence. It contains a number of different elements including creating criminal offences, ensuring there are national helplines, ensuring there are shelters available for people who suffer domestic abuse, etc. The UK is already in the process of ratifying this convention and in most cases has laws that go beyond the requirements. While the Brexit Party of course welcomes moves to tackle these issues internationally, we cannot legitimise and support the calls for the EU to take action at international level.

2016/11/22

. ‒ Brexit Party MEPs abstained on this non-legislative resolution. Brexit Party MEPs strongly oppose any misuse of international legal instruments for political purposes. Whilst we express sympathy with the escalating political situation in Lithuania, we cannot support a resolution that instructs Member States on how to conduct their relations with third countries. For this reason primarily, we abstained on this resolution.

2016/11/22

Brexit Party MEPs abstained on this is a non-legislative, non-binding resolution which provides commentary on the WTO Appellate issue. The WTO Appellate Body is a dispute resolution mechanism at the WTO. The issue is that the USA has been blocking the replacement of any of the seven members of the Appellate body and rejected attempts to launch a selection procedure. On 10 December the mandates of two of the three remaining Appellate Body members will expire, so will no longer become quorate. Negotiations to resolve this have failed so far. While we would like a solution to this problem, one of the paragraphs calls on the Commission to enter negotiations.

2016/11/22

The Brexit Party voted against this non-legislative resolution. We reject the development of the EU’s foreign policy and the signing of such agreements. In signing such agreements the EU is taking on aspects of statehood which we cannot support.

2016/11/22

. ‒ Brexit Party MEPs abstained on this budgetary proposal. The EU Solidarity Fund is an EU budget to help areas that have been affected by natural disaster in Europe. This proposal is to mobilise EUR 4.5 million of the Fund for Crete (Greece), which suffered extremely heavy rains causing landslides, infrastructure loss and loss of life. While we oppose the EU spending British taxpayers’ money, as this was for humanitarian relief and wouldn’t require fresh funding from the UK, we chose to abstain rather than vote against.

2016/11/22

Brexit Party MEPs voted against this budgetary proposal. This proposal was to mobilise an extra EUR 778 million to support EU migration, refugee and border policies. The money would be spread between the years 2020-2023. We oppose the EU spending British taxpayers’ money and cannot support this fund spending on failed policies.

2016/11/22

Brexit Party MEPs abstained on this budgetary proposal. The EU Solidarity Fund is an EU budget to help areas that have been affected by natural disaster in Europe. This proposal is to allow a portion of this budget to be fast-tracked as an upfront payment when a natural disaster strikes an EU country. The problem with the solidarity Fund is that it can be very slow in mobilising the money to help on the ground relief efforts. While we oppose the EU spending British taxpayers’ money, as this was for humanitarian relief and wouldn’t require fresh funding from the UK, we chose to abstain rather than vote against.

2016/11/22

Brexit Party MEPs voted against this budgetary proposal. This was the final vote to set the EU’s budget for 2020, which was negotiated behind closed doors by the Parliament and the Council. The final figures set the EU budget for 2020 at €168.7 billion (1.5% increase on 2019). This budget also assumes the UK will be making full contribution to the EU in 2020 even though the UK is meant to have left the EU by 31st January 2020.

2016/11/22

. ‒ Brexit Party MEPs abstained on this legislative consent procedure. The proposal is for the EU to apply tariffs on certain cuts of meat, which, in the last few years, are being imported from Ukraine. The EU believes these certain cuts of meat are undercutting and distorting the market. The Brexit Party objects in principle to the fact that the EU negotiates deals and decides trade policy for the UK; however, as the UK will be leaving the EU, it is up to them to decide their own trading arrangements with third countries.

2016/11/22

. ‒ This non-legislative Report is merely a consultation on the Council making changes to VAT that will encourage Member States to operate within the EU’s Common Defence Policy.The Parliament’s suggested amendments extend the scope of the proposals to include Excise Duty as well as VAT. For both these reasons The Brexit party voted against.

2016/11/22

Brexit Party MEPs voted to abstain on this non-legislative resolution. Whilst we wholeheartedly support the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, we believe that the implementation of this treaty should be initiated and monitored at Member State level and not by the EU. For many of the amendments to the resolution, a free vote was given to reflect the fact that the Brexit Party is diverse, with members of many faiths or none, and who hold a wide range of cultural opinions. Given that the competency for education and abortion rights rests with Members States and that the Brexit Party believes it should stay that way, Members who abstained on any issues cannot have such votes used by third parties to determine what their position on a particular amendment might be.

2016/11/22

The Brexit Party have voted to abstain on this legislative report. Firstly, we do not believe that a no-deal Brexit would lead to significant job losses. That being said, as the UK would have left the EU by the time this legislation takes effect, and the UK would therefore have no legal obligation to contribute to this fund, the decision should be a matter for the remaining Member States to take as to how they wish this for this fund to be utilised. For this reason, the Brexit Party abstained on this report.

2016/11/22

. ‒ The Brexit Party voted against this legislation for access to waters between the EU and the UK because the proposed arrangement is in practice very one-sided: the EU gets far more benefit than the UK and would therefore be able to continue to plunder UK waters, just as it has for decades.

2016/11/22

. ‒ Brexit Party MEPs voted against this piece of legislation. This proposal is to allow the UK to continue making full budgetary contributions to the EU in 2020, in the event of a no-deal Brexit. The UK will have to meet a number of conditions such as adhering to a deadline to inform the Commission in writing that payments will be made, that the payment schedule is made on time and into a specific bank account, that the UK allows OLAF and EU auditing of EU funds on its territory.This will mean the UK can still get EU funding for 2020, that UK entities can bid for most (but not all) EU public tenders, and ensure payments for EU contracts to public and private entities in 2020 continue. However, some rights for the UK will be curtailed such as not having representation on management committees or expert groups.The Brexit Party voted against as we want a clean-break Brexit to stop making full budget payments to the EU and we believe that the UK Government should make up the shortfall for UK entities and universities that are currently receiving EU funds.

2016/11/22

. ‒ The Brexit Party voted in favour of this urgency procedure. The report seeks to ensure that air and road travel is not disrupted in the case of a no-deal Brexit by updating the date of implementation to take into account the seven-month extension, as the dates in the original legislation will soon be expiring. The Brexit Party voted in favour as we support the European Parliament’s efforts to prepare for no-deal by putting contingencies in place to ensure that air and road travel is not disrupted, despite the European Union’s insistence that this would not be possible, and therefore proving that future and sincere cooperation is feasible in a no-deal scenario.

2016/11/22

The Brexit party voted in favour of this urgency procedure. The report seeks to ensure that air and road travel is not disrupted in case of no deal Brexit, updating the date of implementation to take into account the seven months extension. The Brexit party voted in favour as we support bringing forward this report in order to prepare for Brexit.

2016/11/22

The Brexit Party have voted to abstain on this report. Whilst data exchanges and cooperation, particularly for the purpose of combatting serious crime, are very important we do not support this being facilitated at EU level. However, if the sovereign nation of Serbia wishes to participate it would not be appropriate to block their decision. Therefore, as we support the underlying principle of cooperation and data sharing to combat serious crime, but not the EU facilitating it, we felt that abstaining was most suitable.

2016/11/22

The Brexit Party voted against this budgetary proposal. We would have supported the original Commission proposal as it reduced the amount of money in a number of EU budget lines and would lead to a reduction in Member States’ contributions for this year, thereby saving British taxpayers’ money. However, the rapporteur UK Labour MEP amended this resolution to redeploy the savings, meaning it would be spent in other areas of the EU budget instead of saving taxpayers’ money, so we voted against.

2016/11/22

The Brexit Party voted in favour of this budgetary proposal. The original Commission proposal was to reduce a payment plan for future EU spending in the field of migration and security. This proposal was linked to the Draft Amending Budget Number 4, which should have led to a reduction in Member States’ contributions; however, a Labour MEP managed to make amendments to reverse this. In this case, however, the proposition was to support the original proposal to cut EU funding, not the amendments by the rapporteur, so we voted in favour.

2016/11/22

The Brexit party abstained on this motion for resolution on active substances including flumioxazine. The report criticises the Commission, as they continue to extend regulated acts on allowing this substance when there are concerns as to how safe it is. The Brexit party believe that the Commission should not act in an undemocratic way without being held accountable; however, we cannot support the motion as it also calls on the Commission to create new legislation.

2016/11/22

We voted against the Parliament resolution because, provided proper care is taken, GM offers very considerable benefits in terms of yield, and parasite and disease resistance, i.e. as a fungicide and insecticide, and there is no reputable scientific case against it: in short, the benefits outweigh the risks.

2016/11/22

We voted against the Parliament resolution because, provided proper care is taken, GM offers very considerable benefits in terms of yield, and parasite and disease resistance, i.e. as a fungicide and insecticide, and there is no reputable scientific case against it: in short, the benefits outweigh the risks.

2016/11/22

We voted against the Parliament resolution because, provided proper care is taken, GM offers very considerable benefits in terms of yield, and parasite and disease resistance, i.e. as a fungicide and insecticide, and there is no reputable scientific case against it: in short, the benefits outweigh the risks.

2016/11/22

The Brexit Party voted against this non-legislative, non-binding resolution. The Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) is the long-term budget for the EU. The resolution called for an MFF of over €1.3 trillion and more EU action and funding in areas such as defence, climate change, migration, foreign affairs to name a few. They will also be seeking to phase out national rebates and bring in new ways to fund the EU budget such as ‘Common Consolidated Corporate Tax Base’ and a single use plastic tax.

2016/11/22

The issue of patenting genes/DNA gives rise to the key issue of whether something which occurs naturally can nonetheless be patented by those who identify, separate and manipulate it. We voted against the Parliament resolution because we do not believe that the EP should seek to decide what is best settled at either a truly international level like the WTO or, if not, should be a matter for Member States individually as part of their own science and IP policies.

2016/11/22

The Brexit Party believes that only our elected members of the British Houses of Parliament should decide anti-money laundering policy, not unaccountable EU institutions. Nevertheless, in the meantime, we would not wish to hinder efforts to prevent terrorist financing. Accordingly, Brexit Party MEPs abstained on this non-legislative, non-binding motion for a resolution.

2016/11/22

. ‒ Brexit Party MEPs voted in favour of this budgetary proposal, as it would transfer spare money from the 2018 EU budget into the 2019 budget. The important consequence of this is that the money would reduce the amount of budgetary contributions each Member State will make this year, thus saving taxpayers’ money.

2016/11/22

. ‒ Brexit Party MEPs voted against this budgetary proposal, as it would grant an extra EUR 100 million to the EU programmes Erasmus+ and Horizon 2020. While the Brexit Party is not opposed to cross-border cooperation on research or student exchange programmes, we oppose in principle unaccountable EU institutions spending taxpayers’ money and directing policy.

2016/11/22

Brexit Party MEPs abstained on this budgetary proposal. This vote is linked to a previous budgetary vote to approve over EUR 293 million to Romania, Italy and Austria due to extreme weather events. This fund is used to help the clean-up operation, temporary accommodation for affected people and repairs to vital services and infrastructure. While we oppose in principle unaccountable EU institutions spending taxpayers’ money, as this was for sensitive humanitarian reasons and did not require taxpayers to give more money to the EU, we decided to abstain.

2016/11/22

Brexit Party MEPs abstained on this budgetary proposal. This vote was to approve over EUR 293 million to Romania, Italy and Austria due to extreme weather events. This fund is used help the clean-up operation, temporary accommodation for affected people and repairs to vital services and infrastructure. While we oppose in principle unaccountable EU institutions spending taxpayers’ money, as this was for sensitive humanitarian reasons and did not require taxpayers to give more money to the EU we decided to abstain.

2016/11/22

This non-binding non-legislative motion for a resolution claims that ‘no deal’ would be entirely the responsibility of UK Government, that mini-deals are dependent on the Withdrawal Agreement, that any future agreement would have to include ‘level playing field’ provisions, supports the Northern Ireland backstop, offers to split up the UK with a Northern-Ireland-only backstop and supports a further extension, provided it is for approval of the Withdrawal Agreement, a general election or a referendum. Accordingly, Brexit Party MEPs voted against.

2016/11/22

. ‒ The Brexit Party voted to abstain on this report. Whilst data exchanges, particularly for the purpose of combating serious crime, are very important, we do not support this being facilitated at EU level. Therefore, as we support the underlying principle of cooperation and data sharing to combat serious crime, but not the EU facilitating it, we felt that abstaining was most suitable.

2016/11/22

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