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EU Commissioners Are Acting Unlawfully
A Freedom of Information request to Foreign and Commonwealth Office by John Walker
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John Walker
18 November 2009
Dear Sir or Madam,
"Every EU Commissioner bar one is now acting unlawfully, having
come to the end of their fixed five-year mandate on 31 October
2009. Only the president, Portuguese former prime minister
Jose-Manuel Barroso, has been re-appointed.
All the rest have no authority to remain in place, and are now
acting ultra vires."
http://www.ashleymote.co.uk/?p=1714
1. Is the FCO still dealing with any of those EU commissioners who
are illegally in place?
2. If so, which commissioners?
3. When will the FCO stop dealing with those commissioners who are
acting ultra vires?
Please supply copies of appropriate policy documentation.
Yours faithfully,
John Walker
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
20 November 2009
Dear Sir
Thank you for your email we have forwarded this to our public correspondence unit for reply.
Yours Sincerely
Information Management Group
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John Walker
18 December 2009
Dear Foreign and Commonwealth Office,
Your response is overdue and I request an internal review.
Yours faithfully,
John Walker
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
21 December 2009
Dear Mr Walker
Thank you for your email, your email was not treated as a freedom of information request and was forwarded to public correspondence unit for response.
Yours Sincerely
Information Rights Team
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Foreign and Commonwealth Office
12 January 2010
Dear Mr Walker,
Please find attached a reply to your email of 18 November about EU
Commissioners.
Regards,
L Kurt
EU Directorate
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
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