The Composition of the European Parliament

Workshop for the Committee on Constitutional Affairs (AFCO), Brussels, 30 January 2017

• Draft Agenda: Meeting [pdf=220KB]
• Draft Agenda: Workshop [pdf=400KB]
• Workshop Poster [jpg=370KB]
   
  
• Friedrich Pukelsheim / Geoffrey Grimmett: Draft briefing [pdf=550KB]
• Victoriano Ramírez Gonzáles: Draft briefing [pdf=820KB], Slides [pdf=370KB]
• Wojciech Słomczyński / Karol Życzkowski: Draft briefing [pdf=490KB], Slides [pdf=300KB]
• Directorate-General for Internal Policies, Policy Department C: Citizens' Rights and Constitutional Affairs, and Committee on Constitutional Affairs of the European Parliament: The Composition of the European Parliament. Workshop 30 January 2017. PE 583.117, February 2017. [pdf=1.3MB]

AFCO Proceedings

• Danuta Maria Hübner / Pedro Silva Pereira: Working Document on the Composition of the European Parliament. Committee on Constitutional Affairs of the European Parliament. PE 602.995v01-00, 11 April 2017. [pdf=353KB]
• Victoriano Ramírez-González: Composition of the European Parliament – The FPS-Method. 20 August 2017. [pdf=194KB]
• Geoffrey R. Grimmett / Friedrich Pukelsheim / Victoriano Ramírez González / Wojciech Słomczyński / Karol Życzkowski: A 700-seat no-loss composition for the 2019 European Parliament. 22 August 2017. [pdf=130KB]
• Danuta Maria Hübner / Pedro Silva Pereira: Draft Report on the Composition of the European Parliament (2017/2054(INL)). Committee on Constitutional Affairs of the European Parliament. PE 608.038v01-00, 7 September 2017. [pdf=465KB]
• Danuta Maria Hübner / Pedro Silva Pereira: Report on the Composition of the European Parliament (2017/2054(INL) - 2017/0900(NLE)). Committee on Constitutional Affairs of the European Parliament. PE 608.038v02-00, 26 January 2018. [pdf=150KB]

EP Resolution

• Composition of the European Parliament. European Parliament Resolution 2017/2054(INL)-2017/0900(NLE), P8_TA-PROV(2018)0029, 7 February 2018. [pdf=410KB]

Further Links

• Friedrich Pukelsheim / Geoffrey Grimmett: Degressive representation of Member States in the European Parliament 2019-2024. Representation – Journal of Representative Democracy 54 147-158. [pdf=350KB]
• Edwin Cartlidge: There's a fairer way to allot seats in the European Parliament, mathematicians say–but politicians don't like it. Science, posted  8 March 2018.
• Marianne Freiberger: No maths for Europe. Plus Magazine, posted 2 May 2019.