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The European Parliament will meet in mid-July for its constitutive session (Photo: EUobserver)

Barroso could be voted down by MEPs on procedural grounds

Any attempt by EU leaders this week to formally nominate Jose Manuel Barroso for a second term as European Commission will come a cropper in the European Parliament on procedural grounds, a senior MEP warned on Tuesday (16 June).

Daniel Cohn-Bendit, head of the Greens faction, said he believed there was a "sufficient majority" in the EU assembly to block Mr Barroso when the issue goes to vote in mid-July.

"If we are to vote in July, then the debate will be on procedure," he said, ...

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The European Parliament will meet in mid-July for its constitutive session (Photo: EUobserver)

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