The centre-right and liberal groups in the European Parliament have joined forces to call for the EU's boycott of the 2008 Olympic games in China as a way of prompting Beijing to exert its influence over Burma.
With the backing of the largest EPP-ED group and the third largest liberal ALDE group, the parliament's vice-president Edward McMillan-Scott is set to officially request the Portuguese presidency and UK prime minister Gordon Brown for action.
"The consensus around the Europ...
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