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Thinking further about this: it might take a few more weeks to get to this, but extending the transition period because of Coronavirus is a win all round - helps UK Govt look like they are taking Corona seriously, and coupling the two would make it hard for MPs to resist...
🚨 The above tweet is NO assessment of whether - from a medical / containment point of view - doing this would make any sense at all. I am only speaking from a Brexit perspective here! 🚨
Oh and before anyone goes "you're playing politics with Corona" in response to this, how about "well, trying to do a Trade Deal with the EU in 11 months is playing politics with the future of the country" - aka *none* of this is sensible.
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Jon Worth
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All this hold-the-European-Parliament-plenary-or-not due to #COVIDー19 stuff is rather ridiculous.

Here is a systematic way of how to look at it.
There are 3 options:
1️⃣ don't hold next week's EP plenary at all
2️⃣ hold the EP plenary in Brussels instead of Strasbourg (as Sassoli has now decided)
3️⃣ hold the EP plenary in Strasbourg
If you go for 1️⃣, you are then in a situation where you essentially close down the EP's work. If MEPs cannot attend a plenary, can they then be asked to travel to the EP for any other things (committees, group meetings etc.)? Probably not.
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So the German State #Thueringen (Thurinigia) now has a Ministerpräsident (Prime Minister) - he is @bodoramelow of Die Linke (The Left)

This thread explains what happened and why, and why it is important
Thüringen has been in political turmoil since 5 February when - with support from the Alternative für Deutschland (AfD - populist right wingers) - the FDP (Liberal) politician Thomas Kemmerich was elected as Ministerpräsident
That the FDP had schemed to make this happen with the AfD, and with the tacit support of the CDU (Christian Democrats) broke a taboo of not collaborating with the populist right in German politics
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The Landtag in #thueringen will re-start shortly, trying to elect the Ministerpräsident in the third round of voting. This time only a simple majority is needed.
I'd not put it past the AfD for a few of their people to vote for Ramelow, just so they can bleat "looooook! He's no better than Kemmerich! He was elected with our support!"
In that regard the numbers are important. Until now 21 CDU MdLs have *abstained* each time, and the 5 FDP MdLs have not voted. If those parties stick to those lines, we ought to be able to transparently see if the AfD are playing tricks.
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