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Malmström initiated the oneseat campaign.

by nanne (zwaerdenmaecker@gmail.com) on Wed Nov 25th, 2009 at 09:33:13 AM EST
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That is one example of the Liberals being silly in their attempt to be "constructively critical" of the EU.

En un viejo país ineficiente, algo así como España entre dos guerras civiles, poseer una casa y poca hacienda y memoria ninguna. -- Gil de Biedma

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Wed Nov 25th, 2009 at 10:44:04 AM EST
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The argumentation is a silly in parts but I support the general effort to make Brussels the political capital.

by nanne (zwaerdenmaecker@gmail.com) on Wed Nov 25th, 2009 at 11:33:18 AM EST
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The silliest part is the admission that the single most visible thing that's wrong with the EU is the "travelling circus". This means the EU is a resounding success because that seems like a footnote. And MEPs push the issue partly because of their own personal convenience.

En un viejo país ineficiente, algo así como España entre dos guerras civiles, poseer una casa y poca hacienda y memoria ninguna. -- Gil de Biedma

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Wed Nov 25th, 2009 at 05:04:58 PM EST
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Well, their personal convenience should matter to them. But a Parliament is generally able to set its own location and there are IIRC votes on this in the Parliament occassionally, and the last was defeated.

Of course with Daul heading the EPP it's not going to go anywhere.

by nanne (zwaerdenmaecker@gmail.com) on Wed Nov 25th, 2009 at 05:11:08 PM EST
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