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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8398

12 February 2003
Contents Publication in full By article 31 / 57
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) ep/free movement
Divided European Parliament calls for freedom of movement to also apply to same sex spouses and concubines

Strasbourg, 11/02/2003 (Agence Europe) - Against the opinion of the rapporteur, the European Parliament adopted, on Tuesday, the Santini report on freedom of movement within the EU for EU citizens and their families. He took a stance in favour of a wider definition of the notion of "family member" indirectly benefiting from freedom of movement. Most MEPs of the PES, ELDR and GUE/NGL groups, as well as all the Greens/EFA, voted for this notion to include the spouse, of whatever sex, in...

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