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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9345

17 January 2007
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) ep/presidency
Hans-Gert Pöttering new president of the EP

Strasbourg, 16/01/2007 (Agence Europe) - “715 voters, blank or spoilt ballot papers 26n votes expressed 689, absolute majority of 345 needed for first round. Jens-Peter Bonde 46 votes, Francis Wurtz 48 votes, Monica Frassoni 145 votes, Hans-Gert Pöttering 450 votes...I welcome this election, and give him my best wishes for his mandate and invite him to take his seat in full legitimacy”, proclaimed Giovanni Berlinguer (PES, Italy), the most senior member of the European Parliament on...

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