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Brian Crowley (born 4 March 1964) is an Irish politician and Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the South constituency. He sits as an independent MEP after he was expelled from the Fianna Fáil parliamentary party in June 2014, when he left the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE) group in the European Parliament and joined the European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR).〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Brian Crowley )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Fianna Fáil’s only MEP has joined a Eurosceptic grouping led by Britain’s Tory party )〕 He is a wheelchair-user as a result of an accident he suffered at age 16. ==Biography== Crowley was born in Dublin in 1964, but was raised in Bandon, County Cork, where he attended Hamilton High School.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Crowley likely to join race for Áras )〕 He received a diploma in law in 1993 from University College Cork, and the following year he was nominated by the Taoiseach Albert Reynolds to the 20th Seanad Éireann.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Mr. Brian Crowley )〕 At the 1994 European Parliament election he was elected to the European Parliament for the Munster constituency. He has retained his seat at the three subsequent elections. He was a member of Ireland's Council of State from 1997 to 2004.〔 He was a member of the European Parliament's Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe group in the European Parliament from 2009 to 2014. Crowley is a member of the European Parliament's Committee on Industry, Research and Energy and the delegation for relations with the United States. Crowley also serves as a substitute member of the Committee on Legal Affairs. His father, Flor Crowley, served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for various Cork constituencies for most of the period between the 1965 general election and the February 1982 election. Brian Crowley stated in an interview with ''The Irish Times'' on 29 September 2008 that he would like to run for President of Ireland at the 2011 presidential election. On 12 February 2009, the Committee on Legal Affairs of the European Parliament approved a report drafted by Brian Crowley to extend the copyright term of music recordings from 50 years to 95 years. He was co-president of the Union for Europe of the Nations until 2009, when Fianna Fáil joined the ALDE group. In June 2011, Crowley refused to release details of his expense and allowance claims as a member of the European Parliament. Again in July 2011, Crowley declared to Fianna Fáil party colleagues, that he was available to run for the presidency, but had been advised by party colleague Fianna Fáil TD Willie O'Dea not to seek his party's nomination. In the context of failure to be nominated for the presidential election by his party, Crowley withdrew his candidature for the nomination. From 2011 to 2013, Crowley had trouble with sores on his legs arising from his paralysis. These required repeated treatment which kept him out of the public eye.〔 In July 2013 he said his health was improved and he intended to run for re-election in 2014.〔 In June 2014, he joined the European Conservatives and Reformists group in the European Parliament, against the wishes of the Fianna Fáil leadership. He lost the Fianna Fáil party whip on 24 June 2014. Fianna Fáil stated that the principles of the ECR group were incompatible with the party. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Brian Crowley」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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