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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10805

14 March 2013
INSTITUTIONAL / (ae) ep 2014
MEPs agree on redistribution of seats

Brussels, 13/03/2013 (Agence Europe) - On Wednesday 13 March, MEPs endorsed by a large majority (536 votes for, 111 against and 44 abstentions) the allocation of seats ahead of the European elections which are due to take place on 22-25 May 2014 (see EUROPE 10789). This allocation is made according to the principle of degressive proportionality, to which the European Parliament added the principle of limited loss to one seat maximum (except Germany) - which is not provided for in the Lisbon...

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