UK Tory party hold talks on new EU-wide party

A top official from the UK's Conservative Party today said his party would cut links with the largest centre-right political group in the European Parliament and seek to form a new euro-sceptic political party in the European Union assembly.

Former Conservative leader William Hague, who is now foreign affairs spokesman for the Tories, said he was optimistic that the 27-strong Conservative delegation, which now sits with the European People’s Party, will soon create a new party in the 732-member EU legislature.