Senior Liberal MEPs have backed the creation of a pro-European centrist group in the European Parliament, the first of its kind since direct elections began in 1979.
The existing Liberal group will now be joined by Francois Bayrou's UDF party as well as the liberal Margherita party - which forms part of Commission President Romano Prodi's Olive Tree Coalition - both parties have switched from the Parliament's centre right grouping.
Titled the 'Alliance of Liberals and Democrats fo...
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