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Seven MEPs sanctioned for supporting interpreter strike
By EUobserver
Seven leftwing MEPs from France and Belgium - Isabelle Thomas, Maria Arena, Georges Bach, Guillaume Balas, Jose Bove, Edouard Martin and Claude Rolin - have been barred for five days from all parliamentary activities by the president of the European Parliament, Antonio Tajani. In July, they occupied a control room in support of EP interpreters, striking over working conditions. Parliamentary authorities said it was in violation of house rules.