On Friday 22 September, following the consent of the European Parliament (see EUROPE 13249/24), the European Council adopted a decision setting the number of seats in the European Parliament at 720 for the 2024-2029 term.
The new distribution of MEP seats will be as follows: 22 for Belgium, 17 for Bulgaria, 21 for the Czech Republic, 15 for Denmark, 96 for Germany, 7 for Estonia, 14 for Ireland, 21 for Greece, 61 for Spain, 81 for France, 12 for Croatia, 76 for Italy, 6 for Cyprus, 9 for Latvia, 11 for Lithuania, 6 for Luxembourg, 21 for Hungary, 6 for Malta, 31 for the Netherlands, 20 for Austria, 53 for Poland, 21 for Portugal, 33 for Romania, 9 for Slovenia, 15 for Slovakia, 15 for Finland and 21 for Sweden.
It should be noted that a correction has been made in the French version of the decision (Article 1) of the European Council to the effect that the distribution of seats in the European Parliament “takes into account” and no longer “ reflects" demographic trends in the Member States.
Read the decision: https://aeur.eu/f/8JH (Original version in French by Mathieu Bion)