Casting the first stone

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Series Details 25/04/96, Volume 2, Number 17
Publication Date 25/04/1996
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Date: 25/04/1996

MEPs were furious this month when an Italian minister failed to turn up for a crucial budget debate during their April plenary session in Strasbourg.

His absence was probably caused by a little local election difficulty back in Rome. Nevertheless, British Labour MEP Terry Wynn made it clear he felt he was speaking for everyone present in the chamber when he said that such absenteeism was deplorable.

And Entre Nous can report that there were certainly mutterings of support from every one of the 20 out of 626 Euro MPs who were there to witness this dereliction of duty...

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