Slovakia might have 15 MEPs after the EP elections due to be held in June 2024, which is one more than it has now, as the European Parliament's Committee on Constitutional Affairs (AFCO) proposed adding 11 new seats in the EP for MEPs from nine EU member states.
The EP has currently 705 MEPs and their number would increase to 716 MEPs in line with AFCO's proposal. The committee proposed mandates from the "reserve" following the departure of British MEPs after Brexit based on demographic changes.
The committee suggested that 11 additional seats should be created in 2024 as follows: two for the Netherlands and Spain (each) and one for Slovakia, Denmark, Finland, Ireland, Latvia, Austria and Slovenia. The authors of the proposal are Romanian MEP Lorant Vincze and French MEP Sandro Gozi.
The proposed changes should also include an additional reserve for 28 MEPs elected on a joint European slate within the EU-wide electoral precinct. The EP would thus have 744 members.
The EP will vote on the AFCO's proposal on 11 additional seats at their session in Strasbourg on Thursday (June 15). The proposal has then to be approved by the EU leaders at the EU summit.
Source: TASR
