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  Yes Brian, the MEP`s are actually allowed to speak whilst in the European Parliament. You will usually find that if a propsal is placed for approval the MEP`s are only permitted to make a timed statement of two minutes or less. If the group that they represent is "unpopular" they will be given less time. Democracy in action eh!
  
  In the very rare event that the proposal is not passed then it will keep coming back as substantially the same with some minor variation until it is passed.
  
  Debate, questioning or any proposal of amendments to draft Directives in the European Parliament are absolutely prohibited. You will find that the "elected" MEP`s are little more than a "rubber stamp" body.
  
  I don`t know just what exactly you were watching but if MEP`s were being allowed to ramble on then it probably wasn`t anything of importance to the EU Commissioners as they, and they only, dictate the law.
  
  As an end note, the EU auditors have been unable to "sign off" their accounts for the last fourteen years. Would anyone care to have a guess as to how the accounts for year fifteen fared? ( Clue........the answers quite easy! )

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