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European Parliament Elections 2019

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It is difficult to acknowledge you don't know something. A few months ago, several thousand Europeans were asked hundreds of questions for the Eurobarometer poll. One of those questions was: "Do you agree with the statement: 'I understand how the EU works'." Only 10 percent totally disagreed with that statement. Another 29 percent "tended to disagree". Peculiarly, three percent said they did not know whether to agree or disagree.

Distribution of seats

Distribution of seats after Brexit Graphics: Tobias Andreasen AUSTRIA 18 19 BELGIUM 21 21 BULGARIA 17 17 PRIOR (2014) STEADY (2019) INCReASING (2019) NoNE (2019) CROATIA 11 12 CYPRUS 6 6 CZECH REPUBLIC 21 21 DENMARK 13 14 ESTONIA 6 7 FINLAND 13 14 FRANCE 74 79 GERMANY 96 96 GREECE 21 21 HUNGARY 21 21 IRELAND 11 13

As this magazine went to print, the United Kingdom was still expected to leave the EU on 29 March. If it does, the European Parliament will decrease its number of seats from 751 to 705. Some of the seats British MEPs vacate will be redistributed among other EU member states. ITALY 73 76 LATVIA 8 8 LITHUANIA 11 11 LUXEMBOURG 6 6 MALTA 6 6 NETHERLANDS 26 29 POLAND 51 52 PORTUGAL 21 21 ROMANIA 32 33 SLOVAKIA 13 14 SLOVENIA 8 8 SPAIN 54 59 SWEDEN 20 21 UNITED KINGDOM 73 0

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