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The ruthless haggle to convert EU votes into ‘money, staff and power’

Voting in EU elections ends on Sunday evening, marking the start of a political battle and horse-trading to convert millions of ballots into money and power.The more lawmakers in the 720-strong European parliament a political group can muster, the more funding it receives and the more power it can wield — from shaping policy to securing influential jobs. But ideological — and often quite personal — differences have in the past scuppered larger alliances, casting doubt about the feasibility of more ambitious plans, such as uniting the hard right.“The interest...
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