President of the Euroepan Parliament announces intention not to run

national | eu | news report Wednesday May 05, 2004 13:22 by Eurobserver

Pat Cox withdraws from Southern Euro

Pat Cox, has announced his intention to withdraw from the European Parliament elections.

Currently Pat is president of the European Parliament, and he had previously declared his intention to run in the Southern Elections.

However, his withdrawal would appear to be linked to the forthcoming round of appointments to the EU Commission.

It is possible that Pat Cox may be nominated as EU COmmission President to replace Prodi. However, this is unlikely to be successful as he is a Liberal, and the next Commission President is due to be a EPP member.