On Tuesday 23 January, the European Parliament’s committee on constitutional affairs (AFCO) validated the compromise found over the last week by the main political groups suggesting that the number of MEP seats should be reduced from 751 to 705 for the next legislature (see EUROPE 11942).
The Huebner/Silva Pereira report on the composition of Parliament, which was approved by a comfortable majority (21 votes in favour, 4 against and 0 abstentions), suggests that the 73 seats that would...