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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9936

7 July 2009
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) ep/groups
Mario Mauro withdraws from race for EP Presidency

Brussels, 06/07/2009 (Agence Europe) - By announcing that he was withdrawing from the contest for the post of President of the European Parliament, Italian MEP Mario Mauro has left the way open for his Polish colleague Jerzy Buzek (Civic Platform), who is now the only candidate from this political family. In a press release published on Sunday 5 July, Mauro says he does not want to divide the EPP by forcing a vote on who from the group would stand as the replacement of Hans-Gert Pöttering....

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