# Composition of the European Parliament

European Parliament procedure 2017/2054(INL) (INL - Legislative initiative procedure, 8th term, committee AFCO). Stage: Procedure completed. 173 committee amendments tabled by 44 Members between 2017-10-11 and 2017-10-20.

## What the amendments focus on

Legislative-initiative report on the composition of the European Parliament. Amendments concern reallocating seats between Member States by a mathematical principle or formula based on population within the ceiling set in Article 14(2) TEU, the United Kingdom's withdrawal notification under Article 50 TEU, and whether to establish a joint or supranational constituency with lists headed by political families' candidates, requiring amendment of the Act on direct universal suffrage.

## Most active Members on this file

| Member | Country | Group | Amendments | Markdown |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pervenche BERÈS | France | S&D | 23 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/1985.md |
| Pascal DURAND | France | S&D | 23 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/124693.md |
| Guy VERHOFSTADT | Belgium | RE | 21 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/97058.md |
| Jérôme LAVRILLEUX | France | PPE | 20 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/124731.md |
| Gerolf ANNEMANS | Belgium | PfE | 15 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/124973.md |
| Kazimierz Michał UJAZDOWSKI | Poland | NI | 13 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/23791.md |
| Morten MESSERSCHMIDT | Denmark | ECR | 11 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96663.md |
| Helmut SCHOLZ | Germany | GUE/NGL | 10 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96646.md |
| György SCHÖPFLIN | Hungary | PPE | 8 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/28135.md |
| Rainer WIELAND | Germany | PPE | 7 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/2323.md |
| Alain LAMASSOURE | France | PPE | 6 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/1204.md |
| Brice HORTEFEUX | France | PPE | 6 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/5565.md |
| Martina ANDERSON | United Kingdom | GUE/NGL | 4 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/113959.md |
| Paulo RANGEL | Portugal | PPE | 4 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96903.md |
| Cristian Dan PREDA | Romania | PPE | 3 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96838.md |

## Official source documents

- PE612.007: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/AFCO-AM-612007_EN.pdf
- PE612.138: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/AFCO-AM-612138_EN.pdf

Full amendment texts, votes and exports: https://amendeu.com/dossiers/2017-2054-INL · machine-readable: https://amendeu.com/data/dossiers/2017-2054-INL.json

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