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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10134
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) ep/institutional

Go-ahead to convening IGC without convention

Brussels, 06/05/2010 (Agence Europe) - Approving the report by Inigo Mendez de Vigo (EPP, Spain) on Thursday 6 May, the European Parliament authorised member states to convene a short intergovernmental conference (IGC) - without prior convention - to amend Protocol No 36 of the Lisbon Treaty in order to add the 18 additional MEPs who are to hold seats for the rest of the 2009-2014 legislature (EUROPE 10131). The IGC may be held on the sidelines of the European Council in June. Many MEPs who...

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