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Ben Patterson (politician)

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Ben Patterson
Member of the European Parliament
for Kent West
In office
7 June 1979 – 19 July 1994
Personal details
Born
George Benjamin Patterson

(1939-04-21) 21 April 1939 (age 85)
Hemel Hempstead, England
Citizenship
  • United Kingdom
Political partyConservative

George Benjamin Patterson (born 21 April 1939) is a British writer and former Conservative Party politician.

Ben Patterson was born in Hemel Hempstead.[1] He was educated at Westminster School, Trinity College, Cambridge, and the London School of Economics.[2] His first job was as a tutor at Swinton Conservative College, lecturing on the Common Market.

From 1968 to 1971 he was a Councillor on the London Borough of Hammersmith. [3]

In 1979, at the first direct elections to the European Parliament, Patterson was elected as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for Kent West. He served as vice-chairman of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs and Industrial Policy from January 1992 until he was defeated in the 1994 European elections.[1]

Bibliography

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Patterson wrote many publications, including the following:[4]

  • Direct Elections to the European Parliament (1974)
  • Powers of the European Parliament (1979)
  • Purse-Strings of Europe (1979)
  • Vredeling and All That (1984)
  • Europe and Employment (1984)
  • VAT: The Zero Rate Issue (1988)
  • European Monetary Union (1991)
  • A European Currency: on track for 1999? (1994)
  • Options for a Definitive VAT System (1995)
  • The Co-ordination of National Fiscal Policies (1996)
  • The Consequences of Abolishing Duty Free (1997)
  • Adjusting to Asymmetric Shocks (1998)
  • The Feasibility of a 'Tobin Tax' (1999)
  • The Determination of Interest Rates (1999)
  • Exchange Rates and Monetary Policy (2000)
  • Tax Co-ordination in the EU (2002)
  • Background to the Euro (2003)
  • Public Debt (2003)
  • The Euro: Success or Failure? (2006)
  • Understanding the EU Budget (2011)

References

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  1. ^ a b "MEPs: (Ben) George Benjamin PATTERSON". European Parliament. Retrieved 28 May 2015.
  2. ^ "PATTERSON, George Benjamin, (Ben),". Who's Who. Vol. 2022 (online ed.). A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  3. ^ "The Conservative Party and Europe". La Librairie Européenne. Retrieved 28 May 2015.[permanent dead link]
  4. ^ "Understanding the Eu Budget". Amazon. Retrieved 28 May 2015.


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