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Politics: First plenary session of the new European Parliament
The 751 newly-elected MEPs gathered in Strasbourg on 1-3 July for the first plenary session to assume their jobs. The constitutive plenary marked the beginning of the 8th European Parliament´s term since 1979 when the EP was first directly elected. The MEPs´ first task was to elect the Parliament´s ...
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Politics: Elections are over, tough times ahead for the EP
On Sunday 25 May at 23:00, the last ballot room closed in Italy and the much anticipated preliminary results of the EP elections were published. According to the still unofficial results, the biggest group in the new European Parliament will be again the center-right European People´s Party which wo...
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Politics: Czech Political Parties Program Review for 2014 European Parliament Elections
The EU election will take place over the coming weekend. Turnout is predicted to be lower, despite the recent lesson in how much EU policy and the continental economy can impact this nation. We hope you will vote, and to help you chose the party that is closest to your views on Europe, we have prepa...
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