WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Germany is a European Parliament constituency for elections in the European Union covering the member state of Germany. It is currently represented by ninety-six Members of the European Parliament, the most of any European Parliament constituency.

Detailed explanation-2: -Under the Lisbon Treaty, seats are allocated to each state according to population and the maximum number of members is set at 751 (however, as the President cannot vote while in the chair there will only be 750 voting members at any one time).

Detailed explanation-3: -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.

Detailed explanation-4: -First chosen as the seat of the European Economic Community (EEC) – since superseded by the European Union – in 1958, Brussels is now the centre of European institutions and decision-making.