Gerard Batten
Gerard Batten (born 27 March 1954, London) is a British MEP for London from UK Independence Party. He also served the previous term (20.07.2004 - 13.07.2009).[1]
Contents
Affiliations
- Member, Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs
- Substitute, Committee on Legal Affairs
Former Affiliations
- Member, Subcommittee on Security and Defence
- Substitute, Committee on Foreign Affairs
Record and Controversies
Declaration of Financial Interests
- Nothing to declare.[2]
CounterJihad connections
Prodi allegation
Batten raised allegations that Romano Prodi was a KGB agent during the 2006 Italian election campaign, at a time when Prodi was the front--runner, according to the EU Reporter:
- In his one-minute speech during Strasbourg plenary, Gerard Batten (UK, IN/DEM) told how Alexander Litvinenko, a former Lieutenant Colonel in the FSB, the successor to the KGB, and currently living under political asylum in the UK, was informed by FSB deputy chief, General Anatole Trofimov of the high amount of communist activity operating in Italy. With reference to the KGB, Litvinenko was told, “Romano Prodi is our man there”.[3]
SIOE
On September 11 2007, Batten accepted a petition from Anders Gravers protesting a ban on a Brussels demonstration by Stop Islamisation of Europe.[4]
Counterjihad Europa
Batten spoke at the Counterjihad Brussels 2007 conference in October 2007.[5]
'Charter of Muslim Understanding'
In 2014 it emerged that Batten had written the forward for the 2006 'Proposed Charter of Muslim' authored by former Muslim convert to Christianity and counterjihad activist Sam Solomon. The document suggested Muslims ought to sign a a five-point declaration including a rejection of violence.[6] The Tory MP Robert Halfon called the call 'frightening' and 'sinister', comparing the proposal to a first step towards making Muslims wear 'a yellow star', as Jews were made to in Nazi Germany.[7]
Ban on new mosques in Europe
According to The Guardian, Batten had previously, in 2010, proposed a ban on the building of new mosques across Europe.[6]
'Dismantling multiculturalism'
Batten reportedly authored a four-page paper entitled 'Confidential draft – Dismantling Multiculturalism' in 2011, which was sent to members of Christian Concern with whom he also held a meeting. The document argued that multiculturalism had failed, called for a ban on Islamic finance as well as kosher and halal slaughter and stated: 'Islamic fundamentalism is the cuckoo in the western multicultural nest. We can either address it now or be destroyed by it in the course of time'.[8]
Personal information
Curriculum Vitae
- Hand bookbinder (1972-1976). Manager, British Telecom (1976-2004).
- In the UK Independence Party: founder member (1993).
- Member of the National Executive Committee (1993-1997, 2002- ).
- Party Secretary (1994-1997).
Contact
- Address: Parlement européen, Bât. Altiero Spinelli, 04F243, 60, rue Wiertz / Wiertzstraat 60, B-1047 Bruxelles/Brussel
- Phone:+32 (0)2 28 45920
- Email:gerard.batten AT europarl.europa.eu
- Website: http://www.gerardbatten.co.uk
Affiliations
External resources
- European Parliament, Declaration of Members' Financial Interests: Gerard Batten, 16 June 2009, accessed 03 November 2009.
- European Parliament, MEP Directory: Gerard Batten, accessed 05 February 2009.
- European Parliament, MEP Directory: Gerard Batten, accessed 08 September 2010.
Articles
- Farage rejects far-right extremists courted by his UKIP MEP colleague, 15 November 2013.
- Rowena Mason, Ukip MEP says British Muslims should sign charter rejecting violence, theguardian.com, 4 February 2014.
- Alex Stevenson, Disgust in Westminster as Ukip MEP stands by Muslim charter, politics.co.uk, 5 February 2014.
Notes
- ↑ European Parliament, MEP Directory: Gerard Batten, accessed 08 September 2010.
- ↑ European Parliament, Declaration of Members' Financial Interests: Gerard Batten, 16 June 2009, accessed 03 November 2009.
- ↑ Prodi accused of being former Soviet agent, EU Reporter, 3 April 2006, via the Internet Archive.
- ↑ Scores arrested in anti-Islam protest in Belgium, Agence France Presse, 11 September 2007.
- ↑ CounterJihad Brussels 2007 Conference, accessed 18 February 2007.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Rowena Mason, Ukip MEP says British Muslims should sign charter rejecting violence, The Guardian, 4 February 2015
- ↑ Rowena Mason, Tory MP says Ukip politician's call for Muslim code of conduct is frightening, The Guardian, 5 February 2014
- ↑ Rowena Mason and Rajeev Syal, Ukip MEP who supported Muslim code of conduct urged halal slaughter ban, The Guardian, 5 February 2014
