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Thu 07 Jul 2010Italian aims to ban ex-criminals from EU parliament
AN ITALIAN activist is gaining traction in his campaign to ban people with convictions for any crime from the European Parliament, a measure which would prevent French far-right chief Jean-Marie le Pen and British leader Nick Griffin from becoming MEPs.
Angered by the failure of the Italian authorities to take steps to close the national parliament to criminal offenders, Andrea D’Ambra is gradually gaining support for his three-year effort to exclude them from the European assembly.
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