Nigel Farage: one uplifting moment of Czech EU-Presidency – Vaclav Klaus

► European Parliament, Strasbourg – 15 July 2009. It is the end of the Czech Presidency of the EU Council and Czech Prime Minister Jan Fischer is making his final address to the European Parliament. Nigel Farage MEP, UKIP leader and co-president of the ‘Europe of Freedom and Democracy’ group addresses the house. After Farage’s intervention EU Commission president Barroso asks whether flags are allowed in the house, referring to Farage’s small UK flag, and places an EU flag in front of him. ……………………………. ► Credits: Video: European Parliament Audio-visual Library Music: Kingmaker (Abbey Road) ……………………………. ► EU Member States: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Germany, Denmark, Estonia, Spain, Finland, France, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, United Kingdom ♦ Other states in Europe: Switzerland, Iceland, Norway, Faroes, Andorra, Monaco, Liechtenstein, San Marino, Russia, Ukraine, Moldova, Transdniestria (Transnistria), Belarus, Turkey, Croatia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Serbia, Montenegro, Albania, Kosovo, Abkhazia, South Ossetia.