Christopher Patten

Christopher Patten was a Conservative MP in the UK (1979-1992), and the last British governor of Hong Kong (1992-1997). After chairing a commission into the reform of policing in Northern Ireland, he became European Commissioner for External Relations in 1999.

Rooting progress

Kirsty Hughes You have talked about tackling the causes of terrorism, particularly the darker side of globalisation: stark inequalities, poverty, crime, disease, environmental degradation. Are you pushing the EU to

By Christopher Patten

/ 5 Dec 2001