Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2013-03-14-Speech-4-202-750"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2013-03-14"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Composition of the European Parliament with a view to the 2014 elections (A7-0041/2013 - Rafał Trzaskowski, Roberto Gualtieri)2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20130314.29.4-202-750"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2013-03-14-Speech-4-202-8752
lpv:speaker	lp:Jill Evans2
lpv:spoken text	"I voted in favour of this report. The Lisbon Treaty sets the maximum number of MEPs at 751. When Croatia joins the EU as a full member, the total number of MEPs will be 766. This means that a number of Member States will lose seats. The apportionment of seats to ‘ideal’ numbers would be quite harsh for a number of Member States as some might gain or lose up to 3-4 seats. This proposal to spread out the number of seats reduced more evenly among the Member States is much fairer. It is important to note that the Lisbon Treaty also sets the minimum number of MEPs a country can have at 6, if Wales were an independent country we would have 9 MEPs."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Delegation for relations with the Palestinian Legislative Council (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 unknown; Plaid Cymru - Party of Wales (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 substitute; AGRI (2012-01-19--2014-06-30)3 vice-chair; G/EFA (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with Iraq (2011-02-14--2014-06-30)3 member; ENVI (2012-01-19--2014-06-30)3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Jill Evans (Verts/ALE ),"1 "in writing"1

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