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  2. Elections to the European Parliament - Wikipedia

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    Elections to the European Parliament take place every five years by universal adult suffrage; with more than 400 million people eligible to vote, they are the second largest democratic elections in the world after India's. [1] Until 2019, 751 MEPs [2] were elected to the European Parliament, which has been directly elected since 1979.

  3. Apportionment in the European Parliament - Wikipedia

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    The 2004 European Parliament election was the first conducted under the Nice Treaty, with 732 seats for the 25 member states. The 2009 European Parliament election was conducted under the rules included in the Nice Treaty which provided for a maximum number of 736, although that figure had been breached on the accession of new members to the EU ...

  4. European Parliament - Wikipedia

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    The European Parliament (EP) is one of the two ... the Member States gave the Parliament the right ... groups who can each support a limited number of proposals in ...

  5. Funding of European political parties - Wikipedia

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    contributions from citizens may not exceed €18,000 per year and per member (except for members of the European Parliament, of a national parliament, or of a regional parliament or assembly). Contributions raised by the current ten European political parties between 2004 and 2022 were as follows: [ 33 ] [ 24 ]

  6. National parliaments of the European Union - Wikipedia

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    Originally, national members of Parliament (MPs) were appointed to the European Parliament (EP) as Member of the European Parliament (MEPs). In 1979 the first direct elections were held, however national MPs still tended to contest these leading to them holding a "dual mandate". As the work load of an MEP increased, the number of MEPs who were ...

  7. Member state of the European Union - Wikipedia

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    The members of the European Parliament have been elected by universal suffrage since 1979 (before that, they were seconded from national parliaments). [32] [33] The national governments appoint one member each to the European Commission, the European Court of Justice and the European Court of Auditors. Prospective Commissioners must be ...

  8. List of European Union member states by political system

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    At the dawn of the 20th century, France was the only republic among the future members states of the European Union; the ascent of republicanism to the political mainstream only started at the beginning of the 20th century. In Belgium, the monarchy enjoys a lower degree of support than in other European monarchies, and is often questioned. [9]

  9. Voter turnout in the European Parliament elections - Wikipedia

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    In spite of this exception for all Member States, the electoral mobilization remains weak compared to the national parliamentary elections. [2] Moreover, turnout significantly differs from one country to another in Europe and across a time: in 2019 Belgium citizens participated the most with 88.47% and Slovaks the least with 22.74%. [3]