European Parliament
David Campbell Bannerman  (EFD ),
Blue-card answer.
– Ms Parvanova, I think the point you are missing is that they are all nation states. The objection I have is to pretending that the EU is one country and saying that we are trying to force equality on Canada as if the EU were one country. By all means let the national embassies argue with the Canadian authorities and do it for themselves, but I do not think the EU should be acting this way, and certainly not within free trade agreements. I am on the Committee on International Trade, and too much leeway is being given to items which are not to do with trade and jobs. Europe desperately needs trade and jobs at this point.
(The speaker agreed to take a blue-card question under Rule 149(8))

