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The Members of the European Parliament. 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.
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Find the names and political groups of all 705 members of the European Parliament (MEPs) in alphabetical order. Browse the complete list or search by country, group or name.
At the beginning of the 2019–2024 term, there were 751 members of parliament divided among the 28 member states, which changed after the United Kingdom left the European Union. 27 MEPs were seated after the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (those elected but not yet seated MEPs are shown separately). The ...
Mep BeforeReplacementCountryDate Of Entry3 September 20195 September 20191 December 2019Find out who are the 705 MEPs elected in the 27 EU Member States and how they represent you. Learn about their roles, rights, responsibilities and working conditions.
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Role: Directly-elected EU body with legislative, supervisory, and budgetary responsibilitiesMembers: 705 MEPs (Members of the European Parliament)President: Roberta MetsolaEstablished in: 1952 as Common Assembly of the European Coal and Steel Community, 1962 as European Parliament, first direct elections in 1979The Parliament has 3 main roles: 1. Passing EU laws, together with the Council of the EU, based on European Commissionproposals 2. Deciding on international agreements 3. Deciding on enlargements 4. Reviewing the Commission's work programmeand asking it to propose legislation 1. Democratic scrutiny of all EU institutions 2. Electing the Commission ...
The number of MEPs for each country is roughly proportionate to its population, but this is by degressive proportionality: no country can have fewer than 6 or more than 96 MEPs and the total number cannot exceed 750 (plus the President). MEPs are grouped by political affiliation, not by nationality. The President represents Parliamentto other EU in...
Parliament's work comprises two main stages: 1. Committees - to prepare legislation. The Parliament numbers 20 committees and three subcommittees, each handling a particular policy area. The committees examine proposals for legislation, and MEPs and political groups can put forward amendments or propose to reject a bill. These issues are also debat...
If you want to ask the Parliament to act on a certain issue, you can petitionit (either by post or online). Petitions can cover any subject which comes under the EU's remit. To submit a petition, you must be a citizen of an EU member state or be resident in the EU. Companies or other organisations must be based here. Other ways of getting in touch ...
Learn about the European Parliament, the directly-elected EU body with legislative, supervisory, and budgetary powers. Find out how many MEPs there are, how they work, and how to contact them or petition them.
This website provides key facts and figures about the European Parliament and its Members (MEPs), both for the current parliamentary term and for all previous terms since direct elections were introduced in 1979.
