Strasbourg, 14/11/2001 (Agence Europe) - At a press conference in Strasbourg on Wednesday, the President of the Liberal Group in the European Parliament, Ireland's Pat Cox announced that his Group had unanimously and formally proposed his candidacy for the Presidency of the Parliament, from January 2002.
In answer to a question, Mr. Cox, moreover, confirmed that the Italian Radicals members of Parliament on the Bonino list had approached the Liberal Group in view of possible membership. Mr. Cox stipulated that there had not yet been a dialogue, not even unofficial, with the Radicals for now; I have heard a certain number of my Group, but have not received a negotiating brief on the part of the Group, he added.