ANNEX
22 December 1997
B4-1100/97
Motion for a Resolution
tabled pursuant to Rule 45 of the Rules of Procedure
by Mr Corbett on the size of the European Parliament in an enlarged
EU
The European Parliament
— Whereas the Amsterdam Treaty lays down
a limit of 700 members for the European Parliament.
— Having regard to the European Commission's
Agenda 2000.
— Having regard to constraints on Parliamentary
space both within the Brussels and the Strasbourg complexes.
1. Proposes the following distribution of seats
for a European Union of 21 Member States:
| Germany | 92 (-7)
| Poland | 59
|
| UK, France, Italy
| 81 (-6)
| Czech Republic
| 22 |
| Spain | 59 (-5)
| Hungary | 22
|
| Netherlands | 27 (-4)
| Estonia | 7
|
| Belgium, Portugal, Greece
| 22 (-3)
| Slovenia | 9
|
| Sweden | 20 (-2)
| Cyprus | 5
|
| Austria | 19 (-2)
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| Denmark, Finland |
14 (-2)
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| Ireland | 13 (-2)
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| Luxembourg | 5 (-1)
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| Total | 696
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2. Instructs its President to forward this resolution
to the governments or the parliaments of the Member States and
applicant states.
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