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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9924

19 June 2009
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) ep/european council
Hans-Gert Pöttering calls for continuity at head of Commission and invites member states to rapidly conclude ratification of Lisbon Treaty

Brussels, 18/06/2009 (Agence Europe) - During his speech before the European Council, European Parliament President Hans-Gert Pöttering first of all spoke of the result of the recent European elections, saying: “The citizens of Europe elected their European Parliament on 4 - 7 June. As President of the European Parliament I welcome that this election has produced a clear pro-European majority. Around eighty percent of the 736 elected members are from parties that favour the work of...

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