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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9595

6 February 2008
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/italy
Franco Frattini may join Italian election campaign

Brussels, 05/02/2008 (Agence Europe) - Italy seems to be heading for early general elections in April 2008 and EU Justice, Freedom and Security Commissioner Franco Frattini may join the election campaign on behalf of his party Forza Italia. This would require a redistribution of powers at the European Commission, on a temporary basis at least, while Frattini is campaigning. This option was used by Louis Michel, EU Development Commissioner, who took unpaid leave recently to fight the general...

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