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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9870

27 March 2009
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) ep/elections
Agreement in principle on amending EP rules and preventing Le Pen from chairing first session in July

Strasbourg, 26/03/2009 (Agence Europe) - At their meeting on Thursday 26 March, none of presidents of the political groups opposed the idea of amending European Parliament standing orders to prevent Frenchman Jean-Marie Le Pen from chairing the first session of the new Parliament in July. This honour would fall to Le Pen as the oldest parliamentarian, if he were to be re-elected (see EUROPE 9868). EPP-ED leader Frenchman Joseph Daul raised the issue, saying that everyone in his group was in...

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