Spain, Netherlands, Austria, Denmark, Finland, Slovakia, Ireland, Slovenia, and Latvia would elect additional MEPs next year

  • zosu@vlemmy.net
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    1 year ago

    won’t that reduce the voting power of the MEPs companies bought? sounds like extortion

    • animist@lemmy.one
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      1 year ago

      Nah next election each multinational will get 100 MEPs for every one that a country gets

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    1 year ago

    Additional seats:

    Spain +2 [61]

    Netherlands +2 [31]

    Austria +1 [20]

    Denmark +1 [15]

    Finland +1 [15]

    Slovakia +1 [15]

    Ireland +1 [14]

    Slovenia +1 [9]

    Latvia +1 [9]

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      1 year ago

      there was a reduction on the total number after brexit, so this is an easy way to reflect demographic changes without reducing representativity to any country