British Conservatives Should Stand Up for Democracy in Europe

Expand Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban looks up during a plenary session at the European Parliament (EP) in Brussels, Belgium April 26, 2017. © 2017 Reuters It can’t be easy being a British Conservative member of the European Parliament. Their party called the referendum that led to the Brexit vote, and is now in charge of negotiating an agreement that will inevitably mean the end of British members (MEPs) in the European Parliament. But for as long as they sit in Europe, British MEPs have a responsibility to uphold the democratic values of respect for human rights and rule of law…

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