European elections 2024: Parliament proposes more seats for nine EU countries
European elections 2024: Parliament proposes more seats for nine EU countries
Parliament has adopted the proposal on its composition seeking to increase the number of seats by 11, to a total of 716, ahead of the European elections in June 2024.
Spain, Netherlands, Austria, Denmark, Finland, Slovakia, Ireland, Slovenia, and Latvia would elect additional MEPs next year
won't that reduce the voting power of the MEPs companies bought? sounds like extortion
Nah next election each multinational will get 100 MEPs for every one that a country gets
Additional seats:
Spain +2 [61]
Netherlands +2 [31]
Austria +1 [20]
Denmark +1 [15]
Finland +1 [15]
Slovakia +1 [15]
Ireland +1 [14]
Slovenia +1 [9]
Latvia +1 [9]
why more? why not less for others?
there was a reduction on the total number after brexit, so this is an easy way to reflect demographic changes without reducing representativity to any country