4. Composition of Parliament

Alfonso Andria, Renato Brunetta, Mario Mantovani, Lapo Pistelli and Luciana Sbarbati had declared their election to the Italian Parliament and their decision to take up this mandate.

Pursuant to Article 7(2) of the Act concerning the election of the members of the European Parliament by direct universal suffrage and to Rule 4(1) and (4) of its Rules of Procedure, Parliament noted this and established the vacancy of their seats with effect from 29.04.2008.

It had also been established from facts verifiable from sources available to the public that Umberto Bossi, Alessandra Mussolini and Adriana Poli Bortone had been elected to the Italian Parliament and were participating in its work.

Pursuant to Article 7(2) of the Act concerning the election of the members of the European Parliament by direct universal suffrage and to Rule 4(1) of its Rules of Procedure, Parliament, under Rule 3(2), second subparagraph, noted this and established the vacancy of their seats with effect from 29.04.2008.