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The majority in the parliament is at 369 seats. The PES, Greens-EFA and ALDE hold a maximum projected 296, with the GUE/NGL they have 331. So there's no centre-left majority to be had.

The EPP-ED and ALDE have a maximum projected 353 seats. Add a few from the 'other' parties (like, say, that party the tories are cooking up) and you quickly have a working majority.

So a 'centre-right' victory would seem to be the logical conclusion.

by nanne (zwaerdenmaecker@gmail.com) on Sun Jun 7th, 2009 at 06:26:23 PM EST
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This seen on Facebook:
[To] Graham [Watson, ALDE Chairman], if there is indeed a majority with the EPP, you should press to become the president of the EP. :-)
Ugh.

The brainless should not be in banking. — Willem Buitler
by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Sun Jun 7th, 2009 at 06:28:08 PM EST
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Maybe "ugh", but at least actually democratic and not pre-cooked.

In the long run, we're all dead. John Maynard Keynes
by Jerome a Paris (etg@eurotrib.com) on Sun Jun 7th, 2009 at 06:46:55 PM EST
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Watson is now playing up being the 'king-maker'
by nanne (zwaerdenmaecker@gmail.com) on Sun Jun 7th, 2009 at 07:55:35 PM EST
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