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dcterms:Date	"2002-03-11"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Membership of Parliament2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20020311.3.1-022"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2002-03-11-Speech-1-0232
lpv:speaker	lp:Michiel van Hulten2
lpv:spoken text	"I would like to raise a point of order in relation to your announcement that Mr Balfe has joined the EPP Group. Rule 17 of our Rules of Procedure provides that 'when a Member changes political groups he shall retain, for the remainder of his two and a half year term of office, any seat he holds in the Bureau or the College of Quaestors'. Clearly, on the basis of this Rule, Mr Balfe is entitled to retain his seat in the College of Quaestors, even though it says nothing about changing political groups twice in the space of two months. However, Mr President, Mr Balfe stood in the election as an Independent. I did not vote for him, but many Members of my Group did in the belief that, while he stood as an Independent, he was still committed to socialist principles. In view of his recent and unexpected conversion to the Conservative cause, could I ask Mr Balfe, through you, Mr President, whether it would not be more appropriate for him to do the decent thing – which would be to resign from the College of Quaestors and stand again as a British Conservative?"@en1
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; AGRI (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 substitute; PECH (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 unknown; Partij van de Arbeid (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; CONT (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Committee on Legal Affairs and the Internal Market (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 member; PES (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"(Applause)"1 "(Laughter)"1 "van Hulten (PSE )."1

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