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Towards revision of Treaty without convention to raise number of MEPs from 736 to 754

Brussels, 26/02/2010 (Agence Europe) - A majority of members of the committee on constitutional affairs (AFCO) of the European Parliament support calls by the permanent president of the European Council, Herman Van Rompuy, not to call a convention prior to the revision of the treaty required to increase the number of MEPs from 736 to 754. In June 2009, the EU27 decided that after the entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty, an additional 18 seats would be added until the European elections of...