Is EU buying up charities

I wrote to all my MEPs to object to the EUs policy on bio-fuels. One of the MEPs; BOOTH Graham H, The UK Independence Party (UKIP), is the only one so far who has written to me. He is against the legislation, which is good. And he is explaing about the charities like the Friends of Earth who are been bought by the EU. Bought means been funded by EU. Well the whole letter I recieved is below.

"Dear Enquirer,

Thank you for your message regarding the EUs policy on bio-fuels. Wewill be voting against any legislation, which is based on those policies.

The UK Independence Party (UKIP) has always condemned these targets asirresponsible, and we have tried to highlight the dangers of ploughingforward with them. As usual our protests went unheard, but yet again, wewere proved to be correct. We are the only party in the Parliament thathas consistently voted against these targets, and the EU's drive (at anycost)for such legislation.

It may interest you to learn that a number of "green" charities, such as Friends of the Earth - even though they have the integrity to opposethese biofuel-targets (and GMO's, for that matter)- receive substantialamounts of EU funding. It has been suggested that part of the reason theEU is "buying up" charities like this, is that they will then call foraction, which the EU has already decided to take. Indeed, this isusually what happens. The appearance is of a democratic and responsiveEU. In fact, the EU is the paymaster of its own lobbyists. In this case,however, everyone agrees that the Commission's position is indefensible.Even the "captive NGO's" cannot be seen to be supporting it.The target of a 5.75% market share for bio-fuels, in the overalltransport-fuel supply, is wholly un-reasonable and un-sustainable for anumber of reasons:

(i) The damage caused in developing nations, by cultivation of oil-palmand soya etc - for the purposes of the export of bio-fuels toEU-controlled markets - is destroying precious, tropical habitats, and

(ii) This expansion would be contributing more to carbon-imbalance (werethat possible) than the substitution of bio-, for fossil-, fuels wouldredress it.

(iii) Given increasing food-shortages, it is not a good idea to beproducing bio fuels at the expense of food production.

It may also interest you to learn that the EU has a number of otherpolicies, which are devastating for the environment. For example, itsCommon Fisheries Policy sees countless dead fish thrown out of nets torot on the ocean surface, as the CFP only allows fishermen to catchcertain types of fish, and nets are not renowned for their ability to discriminate between types of fish. The EU also has its Common Agricultural Policy, which vindictively condemns poor farmers in theDeveloping World to poverty - and an inability to compete withsubsidised, European farmers - and obliges them to exploit their environment more ruthlessly. Incidentally, the EU also funds farmers inSpain, whose consequent expansion threatens the habitat of the IberianLynx, one of Europe's rarest animals.

We at UKIP feel that the inherently remote, un-democratic and corrupt,nature of the EU, coupled with its laughable attempts to cloak its cynical intentions in altruistic camouflage ("environmental protection","health and safety", "human rights" etc) mean that it deserves nothingbut contempt. We look forward to the day we can abolish the EU (inBritain, to begin with) take our billions of pounds with us, and spendthem on serious and sensible measures to support public services,including the protection of the environment.

Thank you for your message. Please rest-assured that UKIP MEPs willcontinue to vote against the biofuel-targets.
Yours sincerely,
Michael McManus
Office of Graham Booth MEP"

So I wrote toFOE like this:

Is it true that the EU is funding FOE? If that is true, then, when the EU is discussing about Bio Fuels, the FOE will be taking a positive posture towards the coming legislation. Is that what most of the members of FOE want? What is your position towords the up-coming legislation. I wrote to my MEP Mr Booth and he says that FOE is not aggressively lobbying against the Bio Fuel quotas for 2020. Thank you for your time ,patience and an early reply.

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