We are going to vote for the European Parliament. Do we know much about the Parliament? What is this parliament? Who is sitting there and where are they from?
First, let's check on Wikipedia
"The European Parliament (abbreviated as Europarl or the EP) is the directly elected parliamentary institution of the European Union (EU). Together with the Council of the European Union (the Council) and the European Commission, it exercises the legislative function of the EU and it has been described (by its own members) as one of the most powerful legislatures in the world.[2] The Parliament is composed of 766 members, who represent the second largest democratic electorate in the world (after the Parliament of India) and the largest trans-national democratic electorate in the world (375 million eligible voters in 2009). There have been 766 Members of the European Parliament since Croatia joined the EU in July 2013 but this number is being scaled down at the 2014 elections to 751 and will stay at that level in future. "
So 751 members but where are they from and which party do they represent?
The seats are distributed according to "degressive proportionality", i.e., the larger the state, the more citizens are represented per MEP. As a result, Maltese and Luxembourgian voters have roughly 10x more influence per voter than citizens of the six large countries.
Check on this map how many representative you have in your country!
Do you know those Parties? I don't. So I will write about them in a next post.
First, let's check on Wikipedia
"The European Parliament (abbreviated as Europarl or the EP) is the directly elected parliamentary institution of the European Union (EU). Together with the Council of the European Union (the Council) and the European Commission, it exercises the legislative function of the EU and it has been described (by its own members) as one of the most powerful legislatures in the world.[2] The Parliament is composed of 766 members, who represent the second largest democratic electorate in the world (after the Parliament of India) and the largest trans-national democratic electorate in the world (375 million eligible voters in 2009). There have been 766 Members of the European Parliament since Croatia joined the EU in July 2013 but this number is being scaled down at the 2014 elections to 751 and will stay at that level in future. "
So 751 members but where are they from and which party do they represent?
The seats are distributed according to "degressive proportionality", i.e., the larger the state, the more citizens are represented per MEP. As a result, Maltese and Luxembourgian voters have roughly 10x more influence per voter than citizens of the six large countries.
Check on this map how many representative you have in your country!
| European People's Party | 275 |
| Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats | 195 |
| Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Group | 85 |
| The Greens–European Free Alliance | 58 |
| European Conservatives and Reformists | 56 |
| European United Left–Nordic Green Left | 35 |
| Europe of Freedom and Democracy | 33 |
| Non-Inscrits | 30 |
| Total | 767 |
Do you know those Parties? I don't. So I will write about them in a next post.
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