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Fear of the far-right screws an old Italian

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Wed 24 June 2009, 1:17am
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Prior to the recent European Parliament election there was a big push to change the rules on having the oldest MEP chair the inaugural meeting of Parliament when it seemed possible far-right French politician Jean-Marie Le Pen could be in line the role. Longstanding rules were hastily changed to ensure the position went to the outgoing Parliament President or one of his vice-presidents. Turns out this was all wasted effort (link is in French) as longstanding Italian politician and former Prime Minister, Ciriaco de Mita, would have been the oldest MEP and entitled to the job.

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  1. Ulsters my homeland says:
    24 June 2009 at 1:33 am

    I love Mark’s stuff, he’s so universal. I love him.

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  2. Mark McGregor (profile) says:
    24 June 2009 at 1:40 am

    UMH,

    I was near using the title ‘Fuck the French? Italian gets screwed!’ but thought better of it ;0)

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