And although the France Facts series generally looks at the unusual and frankly bizarre things about France, in this case we must report that it's the UK's fault. Once it is no longer a member state, the UK will obviously lose all of its 73 MEPs. The flip side of that is that France was forced to elect its extra MEPs, but tell them they didn't actually have a job until Brexit happens. As France operates a list system for electing Euro MPs, the parties that received the highest number of votes selected the next person on their list to be the reservist MEPs. Although with three missed leave dates so far, when the UK will actually leave is anyone's guess.

Source: The Local December 06, 2019 06:56 UTC