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# Lichfield MP hopes visit will be a chance to build strong links across Europe
- URL: https://lichfieldlive.co.uk/lichfield-mp-hopes-visit-will-be-a-chance-to-build-strong-links-across-europe/
- Published: 2025-01-30T08:07:00.000Z
- Updated: 2025-01-29T15:00:10.000Z
- Description: Lichfield’s MP says he wants to ensure the country is “building strong links with our allies across the continent”.
- Author: Lichfield Live
- Tags: Politics, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-07-22 18:49, News

LICHFIELD’S MP says he wants to ensure the country is “building strong links with our allies across the continent”.

Dave Robertson’s comments come as he attends a meeting of the Council of Europe in Strasbourg.

The Labour MP said being chosen to join the delegation was both an honour and an opportunity.

Britain is a founding member of the Council of Europe, which was established in 1949 – almost 50 years before the EU.

Mr Robertson said:

> “The Council of Europe is an organisation that was set up by Churchill just after the Second World War.  
>  
> “It’s an opportunity – long before the EU was a thing, actually – for European countries to come together and make sure that we can work together on matters of mutual interest.”