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| | European Parliament UK Office - On Line Publications - Young people's Europe |
 | | The European Parliament, the only international body whose members are democratically elected by direct universal suffrage, helps to decide European Union policies and exercises democratic control over the work of the other EU institutions. |
 | | The European Liberal Group, where the largest national contingent is from the UK, is third biggest, closely followed by the Green / European Free Alliance which has brought together Green MEPs from 11 countries, including Britain's two Green members, and nationalist parties, including Plaid Cymru and SNP members. |
 | | The other groups are the European United Left / Nordic Green Left, which brings together Left and Green members from a number of countries including France, Greece and Italy; and the Union for Europe of the Nations. |
| www.europarl.org.uk /publications/youngpeople/txt/young11.htm (422 words) |
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