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As noted in the update of the diary, it remains to be seen what happens on the far-right:

  • the ID (18 MEP-elects) now looks to be below the 25 seat limit, thus poised for dissolution;
  • UEN (32 MEP-elects) may fall below the threshold too, with further departures (in particular the 15 of PiS from Poland may join the EC);
  • though Euronat parties collected only 17 MEP-elects, they may yet manage to cobble together a far-right faction with UEN and ID dropouts.

By my count, there are altogether 37 far-right MEP-elects (23 Non-Inscrits, among them 17 associated with Euronat and/or the late ITS faction; 2 in the ID; 12 in the UEN), which would place them between Greens and GUE/NGL in size. However, they won't all suffer each other in the same faction. Not even all Euronat parties are compatible: above all Jobbik/Hungary and PRM/Romania (both with 3 MEP-elects).

(In the above didn't UKIP and PiS as far-right, BTW -- 'hard right' suffices probably, though I'm not sure about UKIP.)

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by DoDo on Tue Jun 9th, 2009 at 06:26:34 AM EST
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consisting of the Conservatives (UK; 26 seats) and the ODS (Czech Republic; 9 seats), correct?
by Nomad on Tue Jun 9th, 2009 at 07:44:12 AM EST
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Yep.

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One whose delusions are out of fashion.
by DoDo on Tue Jun 9th, 2009 at 07:56:37 AM EST
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Minor correction: it consists of ODS (9), Tories (25), and North Ireland's Ulster Unionist Party (UUP, 1 seat).

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One whose delusions are out of fashion.
by DoDo on Tue Jun 9th, 2009 at 08:01:27 AM EST
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When is their deadline for forming new groups/recruiting new members?

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by A swedish kind of death on Wed Jun 10th, 2009 at 09:41:00 AM EST
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Group formation/dissolution can happen in the middle of a parliament's term.

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by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Wed Jun 10th, 2009 at 10:32:29 AM EST
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I meant the groups that may not reach the threshold for group status. When would for example I/D need to have recruited their extra members? When the parliament opens? Or does the parliament have a forming period of some sort?

(I kind of remember that ALDE was formed early autumn 2004.)

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by A swedish kind of death on Wed Jun 10th, 2009 at 04:47:11 PM EST
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