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Centre-right and socialists meet to discuss parliament presidency

The centre-right and socialist group in the European Parliament will today hold a meeting to see if they can stitch up the presidency of the Brussels assembly between them.

Leader of the Socialist Party, Poul Nyrup Rasmussen and head of the socialist group (PES) in the Parliament, Enrique Baron Crespo, will meet their European People Party's (EPP) counterparts, Wilfried Martens and Hans-Gert Pöttering this afternoon to try and hammer out an agreement.

The EPP, the biggest group in...

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