  == Legal status of groups between 11 June and 14 July ==  . hi! Thank you for your edits to this article regarding IND/DEM between 11 June (provisional election results) and 14 July (constitutive session of the Seventh). You need to understand the following:  * The 2009-2014 term (the Seventh European Parliament) starts at the constitutive session in Strasbourg on 14 July 2009 (that's why it's called the constitutive session). * The MEPs elected in the June elections do not become MEPs until that date. * The MEPs immediately before the election are still the MEPs: their terms do not expire until 13 July 2009. * That is why the Europarl website still gives UEN as having 44 MEPs. I provide the link here so that you can check.  Why do you need to know this? * Because UEN did not collapse on 11 June. * It did not collapse at that date because it still officially had 44 MEPs at that date. * Ceteris paribus, UEN would have collapsed on 14 July because at that point but not before, it would officially have 18 MEPs.   I hope this makes the status clear. That is why I've been at pains to insert the phrase de facto regarding group statuses during this transitional period: they will not become de jure until 14 July.  Regards,   