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This is a proposal by Richard Corbett (PSE) which has not yet passed. It is opposed by a lot of parties in the European Parliament.

Besides, the eurosceptics would not be banned. They would just require more Members of European Parliament to count as a group within the EP. Given that the EP has 785 members, a requirement of 30 MEPs would be a threshold of 3.8%.

I do oppose Corbett's proposal. But this is typical over the top reporting by the British press.

by nanne (zwaerdenmaecker@gmail.com) on Thu Jun 12th, 2008 at 04:17:18 PM EST
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As I mention in my parallel comment Independence and Democracy is an existing eurosceptic group which will not be affected by the rule change.

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by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Thu Jun 12th, 2008 at 04:25:07 PM EST
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I do not see a 3.8% threshold for forming a group as being unreasonable, and it is natural that the absolute number should increase as the size of the Parliament increases.  I also don't have a problem with the requirement that groups have members from a number of countries - so that debate doesn't crystallize around purely national boundaries.  I don't see why anyone other that the usual eurosceptics should get particularly worked up about this...

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by Frank Schnittger (mail Frankschnittger at hot dotty communists) on Thu Jun 12th, 2008 at 07:04:49 PM EST
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