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Mr Buttiglione is not yet officially a member of the new team, but is already making his views clear (Photo: European Commission)

Leading MEP hits out at controversial immigration proposals

A leading MEP has hit out sharply at controversial proposals to build transit camps for potential immigrants to Europe.

Speaking to journalists on Wednesday (1 September), Graham Watson, head of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE), the third-largest group in European Parliament, said that Liberals "have resisted and will continue to resist" such plans.

The proposals - originally proposed by the British and recently revived by German interior minister Otto Sch...

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Mr Buttiglione is not yet officially a member of the new team, but is already making his views clear (Photo: European Commission)

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