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Liberals expect 20 more seats in 2004 elections

The Liberals expect to increase their showing in the European Parliament by around 20 seats in next year’s elections in June.

Graham Watson, leader of the Liberals in the Parliament said on Friday (14 November) that he hoped the number of seats would be "well over 70".

Currently, the Liberals have 53 seats in the Parliament as well as 13 observers from the future EU member states.

Mr Watson said that on the basis of current seats and opinion polls there are "grounds for numb...

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