The French president, Emmanuel Macron, wants the 73 seats left vacant at the European Parliament when the United Kingdom leaves the European Union, (scheduled for March 2019) to be used to get a European democratic area up and running and to have a true European debate by means of transnational election lists.
He made these comments at a press conference with the president of the European Parliament, Antonio Tajani, after their meeting in Paris on Friday 22 September, pointing out that this...