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The box entitled “Political groups in the European Parliament” should read:

Political groups in the European Parliament

The MEPs sit in political groups (fractions), based on their chosen political affiliation. There are currently seven political groups:

• European People’s Party (Christian Democrats) (EPP) Group;
• Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats (S&D) Group;
• Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE/ADLE) Group;
• The Greens/European Free Alliance (Greens/EFA) Group;
• European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR) Group;
• European United Left – Nordic Green Left (GUE/NGL) Group;
• Europe of Freedom and Democracy (EFD) Group.

Following the adoption of transitional measures, the box in the 3rd row must read:

The other Members of the European Parliament (MEP), 2009-2014

735 additional members (in total 736), elected by the peoples of all Member States in direct elections, based on a proportional representation system, for five years. There is no uniform election procedure yet (see Art. 229(1) TFEU). In 2010, transitional measures have been adopted in order to raise the number of MEPs to 754 until the end of the 2009-2014 legislative period. For twelve Member States, the number of MEPs has changed, as provided for by the Intergovernmental Conference which approved the Lisbon Treaty.
Distribution of seats:

Germany	99
France	74
United Kingdom, Italy	73 each
Spain	54
Poland	51
Romania	33
Netherlands	26
Belgium, Czech Republic,Hungary, Greece, Portugal	22 each
Sweden	20
Austria	19
Bulgaria	18
Denmark, Finland, Slovakia	13 each
Ireland, Lithuania	12 each
Latvia	9
Slovenia	8
Cyprus, Estonia, Luxembourg	6 each
Malta	3

 

On the right to vote in special territories of the Member States, see e.g. Spain v UK (2006), concerning the UK and Gibraltar; Eman and Sevinger (2006), concerning the Netherlands and Aruba.