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Wednesday, May 28, 2014

2014 European Parliament Election May 22-25,2014


 It was the 8th Parliamentary Election since the first direct elections in 1979

The European Parliament has 751 seats and represents citizens of the 28 countries in the European Union.



Country
No of MEP’s
Austria
18
Belgium
21
Bulgaria
17
Croatia
11
Cyprus
06
Czech Republic
21
Denmark
13
Estonia
06
Finland
13
France
74
Germany
96
Greece
21
Hungary
21
Ireland
11
Italy
73
Latvia
08
Lithuania
11
Luxembourg
06
Malta
06
Netherlands
26
Poland
51
Portugal
21
Romania
32
Slovakia
13
Slovenia
08
Spain
54
Sweden
20
United Kingdom
73
Total
751
 
Its members, known as MEPs, negotiate laws with national governments and help decide how the budget is spent.

The European Parliament has three places of work – Brussels (Belgium),Luxembourg  and Strasbourg (France).
Luxembourg is home to the administrative offices (the 'General Secretariat').

Meetings of the whole Parliament ('plenary sessions') take place in Strasbourg and in Brussels.
Committee meetings are held in Brussels


The parliament, which sits in Brussels and Strasbourg, is the only directly-elected EU body.

When the European Parliament was first established, MEPs were appointed by member states from members of their own national parliaments.

Since 1979, however, MEPs have been elected by direct universal suffrage.

Each Member State establishes its own way of electing their MEPs, and in some states the electoral system has changed over time and across regions.

Once elected, members usually join one of the 7 groups in the parliament -
  • Left
  • Socialist
  • Green
  • Liberal
  • European People's Party(EPP)
  • Conservative
  • Europe of Freedom & Democracy (EFD)
  • Others

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