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"en.20040309.6.2-166"2
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"Mr President, I said earlier that this was largely a tidying-up exercise, but drew attention to the fact that Rule 180(8) would now apply to all Rules of Procedure. This means that in the new Rules to be published in time for the new Parliament – indeed, presumably in time for the enlarged Parliament in May – the figures in our Rules will automatically be adjusted to suit the expanded size of Parliament. Those figures have to be adjusted to be the same proportion for the enlarged Parliament as they are for this Parliament. For instance, the figure of 32 Members needed to table a motion or an amendment will rise proportionately.
Through what we have voted, this will also apply to Rule 29 in its new version, which lays down the minimum size for constituting a political group in Parliament. The figure in the new version is '16 Members from at least 5 countries'. That will have to be revised upwards to 19 Members – or whatever the number is – from at least 5 countries.
However, as we realised that this would affect existing groups in the House just for the May part-session, there is a provision that allows existing groups to continue as they are until the elections, irrespective of this rule change. This means that none of the existing groups need to fear being dissolved before the election campaign. They will subsequently have to look at their situation in the newly elected Parliament after the elections, as will every group, on the basis of the verdict of the electorate."@en1
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