Spain will have two more seats in the 2024 European elections

MEPs have approved the European Council’s decision increasing the number of seats in the European Parliament for the next legislative term from 705 to 720.

The European Council’s proposal was based on Parliament’s report of June 2023, which started the process and was prompted by demographic changes in the EU since the 2019 elections. Additional seats will be allocated as follows:

• Belgium +1 [22]
• Denmark +1 [15]
• Ireland +1 [14]
• Spain +2 [61]
• France +2 [81]
• Latvia +1 [9]
• Netherlands +2 [31]
• Austria +1 [20]
• Poland +1 [53]
• Finland +1 [15]
• Slovenia +1 [9]
• Slovakia +1 [15]

Parliament consented to the legislative decision with 515 votes in favour, 74 against, and 44 abstentions. The upcoming elections (6-9 June 2024) will take place with the new number of seats in Parliament.

Background

Parliament’s composition is assessed before each election, in line with the principles set out in the Treaties (i.e. a maximum of 750 MEPs plus the President, no less than 6 and no more than 96 seats for any EU country, and the “degressive proportionality” principle), and based on the most recent population figures.

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