Ms Doyle, MEP:

The Union for Europe of the Nations group is fully briefed as are its colleagues, but even so the UEN only has 22 votes to bring to the table. If I can persuade my colleagues, however, in theory I can bring 232 votes, although nobody ever brings their entire group along and, in any case, there is never a full attendance. The average plenary attendance is 525 out of a total of 624, due to absences through illness and for other reasons.