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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9521

12 October 2007
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) ep/seats
EP approves Lamassoure/Severin proposal on seat assignment and awaits endorsement at Lisbon Summit

Brussels, 11/10/2007 (Agence Europe) - On Thursday 11 October, the European Parliament adopted by 378 votes to 154 and 109 abstentions the report by Lamassoure/Severin on the assignment of seats at the EP after the 2009 European elections when, as the new EU treaty provides, there will not be more than 750 seats at the Assembly. The text voted last week at the foreign affairs committee (see EUROPE 9514) has remained unchanged especially with regard to seat assignment: Germany (96 seats),...

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