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Plans to form new MEP group kicked into 2009

UK conservative leader David Cameron has withdrawn his plan to form a new eurosceptic group in the European Parliament by the end of July, delaying the move until 2009.

In a joint declaration with Mirek Topolanek, the head of Czech civic democrats (ODS) and currently involved in coalition talks to form a Czech government, the two centre-right leaders announced they would "found the Movement for European Reform."

The new gathering would be "dedicated to the ideals of a more modern,...

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