There is a risk that the European Parliament plenary will not take into account on Wednesday 7 February, the suggestion from its constitutional affairs committee to set up a European constituency to help elect MEPs on trans-national lists.
The EPP, ECR and GUE/NGL all submitted amendments to remove any reference to a European constituency in the draft ‘Huebner/Silva Pereira’ report on Parliament’s composition (see EUROPE 11945).
Speaking on behalf of the EPP, Manfred Weber, from...