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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9925

20 June 2009
EUROPEAN COUNCIL / (eu) eu/european parliament

19/06/2009 (Agence Europe) - The summit also confirmed the political decision of the European Council of December 2008 on the increase in the number of members of the European Parliament in the event of the entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty. The number will then rise from 736 to 754; the 18 extra seats will go to Spain (four seats), France (two), Austria (2), Sweden (two), plus Bulgaria, Italy, Latvia, Malta, the Netherlands, Poland, Slovenia and the United Kingdom, which will each have one...

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