European Council Decision (EU) 2018/937 of 28 June 2018 establishing the composition of the European Parliament
European Council Decision (EU) 2018/937 of 28 June 2018 establishing the composition of the European Parliament
Decision (EU) 2018/937 · Decision · 5 articles
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In the application of Article 14(2) TEU, the following principles shall be respected:
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the allocation of seats in the European Parliament is to fully utilise the minimum and maximum thresholds per Member State set by the TEU in order to reflect as closely as possible the sizes of the respective populations of the Member States,
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degressive proportionality is to be defined as follows: the ratio between the population and the number of seats of each Member State before rounding to whole numbers is to vary in relation to their respective populations in such a way that each Member of the European Parliament from a more populous Member State represents more citizens than each Member of the European Parliament from a less populous Member State and, conversely, that the larger the population of a Member State, the greater its entitlement to a large number of seats in the European Parliament,
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the allocation of seats in the European Parliament is to reflect demographic developments in the Member States.
The total population of the Member States is calculated by the Commission (Eurostat) on the basis of the most recent data provided by the Member States, in accordance with a method established by means of Regulation (EU) No 1260/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council ( 3 ) .
1. The number of representatives in the European Parliament elected in each Member State is hereby set as follows for the 2019-2024 parliamentary term:
Belgium
21
Bulgaria
17
Czech Republic
21
Denmark
14
Germany
96
Estonia
7
Ireland
13
Greece
21
Spain
59
France
79
Croatia
12
Italy
76
Cyprus
6
Latvia
8
Lithuania
11
Luxembourg
6
Hungary
21
Malta
6
Netherlands
29
Austria
19
Poland
52
Portugal
21
Romania
33
Slovenia
8
Slovakia
14
Finland
14
Sweden
21
2. However, in the event that the United Kingdom is still a Member State of the Union at the beginning of the 2019-2024 parliamentary term, the number of representatives in the European Parliament per Member State taking up office shall be the one provided for in Article 3 of the European Council Decision 2013/312/EU ( 4 ) until the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the Union becomes legally effective.
Once the United Kingdom's withdrawal from the Union becomes legally effective, the number of representatives in the European Parliament elected in each Member State shall be the one provided for in paragraph 1 of this Article.
All representatives in the European Parliament who fill the additional seats resulting from the difference between the number of seats allocated in the first and second subparagraphs shall take up their seats in the European Parliament at the same time.
Sufficiently far in advance of the beginning of the 2024-2029 parliamentary term, the European Parliament shall submit to the European Council, in accordance with Article 14(2) TEU, a proposal for an updated allocation of seats in the European Parliament.
