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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9134

18 February 2006
Contents Publication in full By article 27 / 31
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/committee of the regions/constituent session
Michel Delebarre is elected new Committee president

Brussels, 17/02/2006 (Agence Europe) - During the constituent session of the Committee of the Regions (CoR) on 16 February in Brussels, Michel Delebarre (PES, France) was elected as the Committee's president and Luc Van den Brande (EPP, Belgium) the first vice-president. Both had a very large majority (227 out of 235 voters in favour), with a two-year rotation for each during a tenure lasting from 2006 to 2010. The election result came as no surprise as the four political groups of the CoR...

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