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EPP heavyweights clash over Constitution representation

Two political heavyweights in the European People's Party - the biggest political group in the European Parliament - are fighting to be the party's representative in the intergovernmental talks on the European Constitution.

A vote taken within the group yesterday (24 September) between Spanish MEP Inigo Mendez de Vigo and his German colleague Elmar Brok saw a dead heat between the two (95 votes each).

This unprecedented result left the group in some disarray – and it hastily arran...

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