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06/01/2008: "MEPs to strip Eurosceptics of cash and influence"

They will vote to change the rules governing the political groupings formed by MEPs, which can be eligible for lavish funding.

Current rules allow 20 MEPs from a fifth of the EU's member states to form a grouping, giving them a say in the parliament's administration and power structure.

Under the changes, the threshold would become 30 MEPs from one quarter of the EU's member states.

The move would dissolve the pan-European Eurosceptic "Independence and Democracy" grouping, which includes the UK Independence Party.

[ Once again showing the farce of democracy. ]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/2038882/MEPs-to-strip-Eurosceptics-of-cash-and-influence.html