Brussels, 20/04/2011 (Agence Europe) - On Tuesday 19 April, the European Parliament (EP) constitutional affairs committee (AFCO) voted, by 20 votes to four, for far-reaching reform of the rules for European elections from 2014. Its proposals will be put to the vote in the plenary session in June. With the Lisbon Treaty, the EP has exclusive right of initiative on reform of the electoral process.
The most spectacular part of the reform drafted by Andrew Duff (ALDE) is the creation of a...