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INTEGRATION OF EUROPE
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based on the size of the country’s population
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based on the amount of money each country makes
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everyone gets two representatives
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whichever country is best gets more representatives
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Detailed explanation-1: -The European Parliament is made up of 705 Members elected in the 27 Member States of the enlarged European Union. Since 1979 MEPs have been elected by direct universal suffrage for a five-year period. Each country decides on the form its election will take, but must guarantee equality of the sexes and a secret ballot.
Detailed explanation-2: -Representation is currently limited to a maximum of 96 seats and a minimum of 6 seats per state and the seats are distributed according to “degressive proportionality", i.e., the larger the state, the more citizens are represented per MEP.
Detailed explanation-3: -With effect from the elections held in May 2014 the number had risen to 751. This has been reduced to 705 members after the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union in January 2020, with each member state now having at least six and at most 96 MEPs.
Detailed explanation-4: -Under the Lisbon Treaty, which first applied to the 2014 Parliament elections, the cap on the number of seats was raised to 750, with a maximum of 96 and a minimum of 6 seats per state. They continue to be distributed “degressively proportional” to the populations of the EU’s member states.