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"The revision of the Rules of Procedure proposed by the Corbett report will have the effect, on the pretext of simplifying and reducing procedures, of strengthening the duopoly of the major groups with federalist majorities within the European Parliament.
In effect, the conditions for forming groups have been tightened up, which makes it more complicated to create small groups. At the same time, parliamentary life will be made more difficult for minorities and Non-attached Members.
Up to now, the latter have been able to express themselves via explanations of vote in writing. Yet the tolerance which was traditionally shown with regard to the length of those explanations has been withdrawn by the administration without any clear justification having been given. This reversal actually penalises minorities and Non-attached Members much more than any others. Here, as elsewhere, the sense of deliberate manoeuvring is quite clear. A witch hunt is being carried out against anyone who does not bear the federalist stamp.
Finally, as I said in the debate, this revision of the Rules of Procedure expands the rights of the European Parliament beyond what is allowed by the Treaty, and apparently no Member State is worried by this."@en1
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