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Liblink: Andrew Duff MEP “Why do MEPs fear electoral reform?”

By Caron Lindsay | Sat 24th March 2012 - 9:27 am

Andrew Duff, Liberal Democrat MEP for the East of England has written for EU Observer about his attempts to change the electoral system for MEPs. He wants to see 25 MEPs elected on a pan European basis, a proposal he believes will improve the legitimacy of the Parliament:

Now the Union is moving to greater fiscal discipline and the probable installation of a more federal type of economic government which will have to be made directly accountable to Parliament. But do we sincerely believe that the European Parliament has attracted the desirable levels of loyalty and identification of the EU citizens

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Posted in Europe / International and Op-eds | Also tagged electoral reform, europe and european parliament | 6 Comments

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