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One-third of UK MEPs want cannabis decriminalised Print E-mail
Tuesday, 12 June 2007

One in three British MEPs – compared to one in five MEPs across Europe – support the decriminalisation of cannabis, according to a major survey.
The survey, carried out by the the Universities of Manchester, Aberystwyth and the London School of Economics, also revealed controversial attitudes to abortion, crime, defence and immigration among members.

More than half of the 272 MEPs who responded thought there should be more harmonisation of national immigration policies, although less than one third of British MEPs supported this stance.

Seventy per cent thought that women should be free to decide on abortion, though only one in five Irish MEPs agreed with this.

Just under three quarters of MEPs thought there should be EU-wide arrest warrants for serious crimes, with 54 per cent of British MEPs agreeing.

Forty per cent of MEPs thought that the EU rather than NATO should be responsible for EU defence, and that EU foreign policy should be a counterweight to the US.

Sixty-eight per cent of MEPs believed that the EU should no longer meet in Strasbourg.

Professor Farrell, Head of the School of Social Sciences at The University of Manchester, said: "For much of its life, the European Parliament could have been justly labelled a 'multi-lingual talking shop'.

"But this is no longer the case: the European Parliament is now one of the most powerful legislatures in the world both in terms of its legislative and executive oversight powers.

"The views of MEPs as shown in this survey may very well have a direct impact on policy and therefore on all citizens in the EU.

"So the public should sit up and take notice of what their representatives are saying."

The survey will be officially launched at the Brussels headquarters of the European Parliament on June 13.
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