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Inserting new provisions on the legal position of political groups constitutes the umpteenth time that these groups have been recognised.
In principle, there is no reason why the statute of the political groups in the European Parliament needs to be enhanced any further, although one can condemn the desire that has been expressed in recent years to eliminate any form of national representation in the Chamber, which would only lead to a highly partisan form of representation.
Nevertheless, let us not go too far by making Parliament the seat of a future ‘government of the parties’. The influence exerted by the major political groups in this Parliament is already very – or even too – large; it should not in future become a kind of monopoly, which would be inimical to pluralism.
We have recently seen disturbing abuses committed by certain groups that are in a dominant political position, mainly due to their federalist ideology. I am thinking here of the dissolution of the TDI Group, which was an extremely serious political act given that even Member States no longer ban political parties!
There should be no more shifts of this type. I am concerned, however, when I see that the proposed text gives further consideration to this idea, which threatens people’s freedoms. Let us show some moderation!"@en1
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