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S&D, ECR steady at the helm of EU Parliament’s economy and budget committees
While MEPs picked the leading roles for each policy committee in the new European Parliament, the influential economic and monetary affairs (Econ) and budgets committees remained firmly in the hands of incumbent parties – the socialists and the hard-right …