9ª legislatura Alexandra Lesley PHILLIPS

Brexit Party MEPs voted against the ‘election’ of the European Commission. Brexit Party MEPs believe that the functioning of the European institutions, in particular the Commission, is fundamentally undemocratic. We therefore voted against the Commission in protest against the undemocratic nature of the election of the Commission.

. ‒ 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.

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.