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Westminster – by negotiating or suggesting compromise solutions designed to allow them a high degree of autonomy. Since 2004, the EPP has also been the strongest political force in the main EU institutions as a whole, with Welle still perceived as an important behind-the-scenes influence at senior level within EPP politics. In the run-up to the
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money for iPads was not the best example of austerity, at a time when EU member states were suffering severe budget deficits. However, a
Parliament spokesperson interviewed for the article was reportedly unaware of any such initiative. Welle, however, has promoted moves to a 'paperless' Parliament,
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During his time with both the EPP transnational party and EPP Group in the EP, Welle is credited with the strategy of opening the formerly
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European Parliament. He was subsequently appointed as the first Director General for EU Internal Policies (DG IPOL) within the general secretariat of the European Parliament, the administrative department which services the 17 parliamentary committees dealing with domestic EU issues.
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European Parliament in June 1999, a position that it has enjoyed ever since. As Secretary General of the EPP party and EPP Group, Welle played a key part in keeping the British Conservative MEPs in the group – especially during the period from 1997, when the party moved into Opposition at
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