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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 7848
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) ep/united kingdom

Bill Newton-Dunn leaves the Conservatives to join the Liberal Group

Brussels, 23/11/2000 (Agence Europe) - British Conservative Bill Newton-Dunn (who was re-elected to the European Parliament in June 1999, having been a member from 1979 to 1994) has left the EPP Group, with which the Tories sit, to join the Liberal Group chaired by Pat Cox. The latter said he was particularly happy that Mr. Newton-Dunn, "as a pro-European, has joined the Liberal-Democrats at a time when we are asserting more European political influence than ever before and we are more...

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