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Rule 7 of the group'. Ilulu o~ proeillurl states that I the gl:OUP
ahAll talle ie. .s.oillona b~ aillpls majority of votu cast.' This
rull goll on to lay tIlet 'a mell!ler \/hQ before the vote i. taken,
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forward WlIi'1 ht y FOl1tical reuon' Which may cauee him to
diee.nt ~rQIll a parli~.ntary majority dsc~aion shall not be bound
by tIlet dlaition. I
It ia aUo to be expected tllAt. if thl 'chail1llan or another member
of the Bureau has to BIlks a procedurll1 dedaion during a plenary
sitting. the mllllbers of the group will not challenge this decision
dudoll11 the dtUl19.
It wu with this dud problem of attendanoe at part-seaaion. and
votinq disciplins in mind that the,group aaked the Bureau to put
forward proposals for the introduction of parliamentary Whips,
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.... it haa beCOlllI virtually imponiblll for individual Membero to
hAvl oral queationa with or withou.t debate placed on the agenda
of • part-aesaion, m~bera mIlat be asked again to refrain from
uling thia parliamlntary instrument.
.... far aa written questions are concerned, the enlarged Bureau
would like the groups to diseuse &rr&ng~.ent. for limiting the
number of euch que.tion.. The number of written questione tabled
by an individual Meml>er might thue be limited to two per month and.
indeed, suoh a limit already applies to question time.
The Bureau ot the Iccoptan Parliament haa rec~.nded that tho
groupe carry out a detailed etudy of the eo-called 'reqiltration'
prooedure for reSOlutions. Thi, procedur., Vhlch ie applied in
oertain countri.s, involve, the publication in a regiater or the
potting on a noticeboard of motions for reSOlutions tabled by
one or more individual members, ~o May notify other members of
such motion, once they have been Lodged in this ~ay. Other
~~ber. may then sign the resolution. which is not eubmitted
to the .....embly for d18ousBion until a minlmllm number of
siqnatures have been obtained.
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At itl cQnltituent meeting of July 1979 the Sooialist Groop
decided to elact for a period o~ one year those member. Who
lIIore to hold poaitiona of reepon.ibility either in the group
or in bodiee of the European Parliament. The group will
therefore have to hold fresh ele~tiong in June or July of
this year.
7. Secretariat
The rejection of the budget means that inerea.es in staff
and the reorganization of the qroup secretariat cannot be
implemented before ths autumn. The secretariat will therefore
have to continue to·~,. with its increBsed workload using the
pr••ent staff.
"'S regards the group's internal procedures, members have bgen
asksd to go through the secretariat When tabling questions or at
leeet to .end the latter a COPy. In addition, memb8re Wishing to
table a question concerning another Member State have been aSKed
to oonsolt their comrades from the Member Sblte concerned beforehand.
Distribution:
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Ernest Glinne
Cilai man
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It hae been proposed that member. wi8hing to table reBolution.
purSUant to aules 14 or 25 ehouid inform the group of their
intention. It has also been Buqge_ted that Member. ahould not
sign re801utio~8 tabled by other groups or individual members of
other groups without the agreement Of the Socialist Group, eince
otherwise m~bers of the group from particular parties Or countries
may sQmetime. find themselvee placed in an aWkward eituation.
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