Call for Europeans to elect 25 MEPs from EU-wide list

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Series Details 20.4.11
Publication Date 20/04/2011
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Members of the European Parliament's Constitutional Affairs Committee backed a report in April 2011 that calls for the creation of 25 additional MEPs, elected on a pan-European basis in order to boost the legislature's popular legitimacy.

Source Link http://euobserver.com/9/32212
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European Parliament: Press Release, 19.4.11: EP elections: choose an extra 25 MEPs from EU-wide lists, MEPs suggest http://www.europarl.europa.eu/en/pressroom/content/20110418IPR18099/pdf
EurActiv, 20.4.11: Federalists want next EU chief chosen from elected MEPs http://www.euractiv.com/future-eu/federalists-want-new-eu-chief-elected-meps-news-504200
PressEurop, 20.4.11: Towards transnational Euro-elections http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief/609431-towards-transnational-euro-elections
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