It is obvious that the judge mistakenly believed that, once the elections were in progress, Mr Marchiani’s term of parliamentary office had come to an end, whereas, under Article 5(1) and (3) of the Act of 20 September 1976 concerning the election of the members of the European Parliament by direct universal suffrage, it did not come to an end until the eve of the new parliamentary term, in other words at midnight on 19 July 2004.
It is obvious that the judge mistakenly believed that, once the elections were in progress, Mr Marchiani’s term of parliamentary office had come to an end, whereas, under Article 5(1) and (3) of the Act of 20 September 1976 concerning the election of the members of the European Parliament by direct universal suffrage, it did not come to an end until the eve of the new parliamentary term, in other words at midnight on 19 July 2004.