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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9937

8 July 2009
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) ep/presidency
Technical agreement between EPP and Socialists - Jerzy Buzek of Poland to be next EP President

Brussels, 07/07/2009 (Agence Europe) - The two main political families that together hold a majority within the new European Parliament - the European People's Party (EPP) and the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats (PASD) Group - concluded a technical agreement on Tuesday 7 July on how the assembly's presidency should be carved up. The EPP candidate, former Polish Prime Minister Jerzy Buzek, will be elected on 14 July for a period of two and a half years. During the second half...

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