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24th September 2010 London, UK

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by David Lidington

Minister for Europe, London

A video blog from Stockholm

I decided to use video alone for this week’s blog. View the film to find out about my trip to Sweden on the 7th June.                                                                         Updated to say, here’s a link to ‘Getting Europe back to work’, the speech I delivered whilst in Stockholm

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24th September 2010 London, UK

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by David Lidington

Minister for Europe, London

Moldova and Romania

This week I travelled with my friend, German Minister for Europe, Werner Hoyer, to Moldova and Romania. In both Moldova and Romania we discussed the important issue of Transnistria. Whilst in Romania I met with economy Ministers to talk about the European single market, and energy security. To find out more, and to hear Werner […]

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13th September 2010 London, UK

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by David Lidington

Minister for Europe, London

Discussions with Pierre Lellouche

Earlier this week I went to France for meetings with Pierre Lellouche (French Minister with responsibility for European affairs). We discussed a wide range of issues of common importance, such as defence cooperation, but also Europe’s relationships with China, India and Turkey. In between our meetings I recorded a video blog. Watch it and find […]

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9th September 2010 London, UK

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by David Lidington

Minister for Europe, London

British weather (and investment) in Lithuania

Resuming my video blog with a post from Vilnius, Lithuania. Transcript: ‘Well today I’m in Vilnius the capital of Lithuania. And as you can see they’ve kindly arranged some British weather to greet me so I feel that summer really is home from home. I’ve been having some talks with the Lithuanian Foreign Minster about […]

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30th July 2010 London, UK

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by David Lidington

Minister for Europe, London

Answering your questions

Thank you to everyone who posted a question in response to my invitation last week. I was impressed by the number of responses and the variety of topics. You can see my answers to the questions in the video below, covering a range of the topics raised. I’m interested in your views on how I […]

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21st July 2010 London, UK

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by David Lidington

Minister for Europe, London

Questions please!

I’d like to receive your views and questions about Britain’s policies on Europe. It seems sensible to do this through my blog. Watch the video below to find out more about the issues I’ve been working on, and then submit your questions using the comment function at the bottom of the blog page. I look […]

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4th June 2010 London, UK

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by David Lidington

Minister for Europe, London

24 hours in Brussels

I spent 24 hours in Brussels earlier this week for a packed schedule of meetings.  As a city, Brussels has a somewhat unfair reputation for being rather dull and grey.  I know from previous visits that there are some charming aspects to the place. Sadly on this occasion I saw little more than the inside […]

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About David Lidington

David Lidington MP was appointed Minister of State at the Foreign & Commonwealth Office on 14 May 2010. David Lidington was elected to Parliament in 1992 and is the Member…

David Lidington MP was appointed Minister of State at the Foreign & Commonwealth Office on 14 May 2010.
David Lidington was elected to Parliament in 1992 and is the Member of Parliament for Aylesbury.
He worked for BP and RTZ before spending three years as Special Advisor to Douglas Hurd in the Home Office and Foreign Office.
His proudest political achievement was successfully promoting a
Private Members Bill which became the Chiropractors Act in 1994. He
believes that this piece of legislation has made a real difference to
many people’s lives.
He has a long standing passion for history, and has twice captained a
champion team on University Challenge, first in 1979 and then in 2002
when the Sidney Sussex team became “champion of champions” in University
Challenge Reunited.
He is married to Helen Lidington and has four sons.