PURPOSE: to establish the composition of the European Parliament.
NON-LEGISLATIVE ACT: European Council Decision (2013/312/EU) establishing the composition of the European Parliament.
CONTENT: in the application of the principle of degressive proportionality provided for in the first subparagraph of Article 14(2) of the Treaty on European Union, the number of representatives in the European Parliament elected in each Member State is hereby set as follows for the 2014-2019 parliamentary term:
- Belgium : 21
- Bulgaria : 17
- Czech Republic : 21
- Denmark : 13
- Germany : 96
- Estonia : 6
- Ireland : 11
- Greece : 21
- Spain : 54
- France : 74
- Croatia : 11
- Italy : 73
- Cyprus : 6
- Latvia : 8
- Lithuania : 11
- Luxembourg : 6
- Hungary : 21
- Malta : 6
- Netherlands : 26
- Austria : 18
- Poland : 51
- Portugal : 21
- Romania : 32
- Slovenia : 8
- Slovakia : 13
- Finland : 13
- Sweden : 20
- United Kingdom : 73.
This Decision shall be revised sufficiently far in advance of the beginning of the 2019-2024 parliamentary term on the basis of an initiative of the European Parliament presented before the end of 2016 with the aim of establishing a system which in future will make it possible, before each fresh election to the European Parliament, to allocate the seats between Member States in an objective, fair, durable and transparent way.
ENTRY INTO FORCE: 30/06/2013.