Lobbyists fear UK will be frozen out of top EU roles

With the UK potentially on course for an in/out referendum on EU membership in 2017, bank lobbyists fear British representatives will be boxed out of top EU finance sector roles this year when the European Parliament and commission are reshuffled. Cécile Sourbes reports

European Parliament

At the end of May, elections will seat the 751 members of the European Parliament (MEPs) for the next five years, kicking off weeks of inter-party haggling and horse-trading over the chairmanships of its 20 committees. But there are a few roles UK representatives can forget about already, according to seasoned Europe watchers, including the chairmanship of the newly prominent Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee (Econ).

In part, that's because the UK may vote to leave the EU halfway through

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