#Brexit: The European Parliament cannot have a variable composition. We cannot deal with European Parliament elections being treated as a game. The size of the European Parliament was due to be cut from 751 seats to 705 with the UK’s exit. The make-up of the European Parliament has a knock-on effect on the allocation of some of Brussels’ top jobs. Watch the video for highlights of the live #Eurovision debate with candidates at the European Parliament ⬇️ pic.twitter.com/TnXegvibjV — European Parliament (@Europarl_EN) May 16, 2019One of the first tasks of UK MEPs will be to vote on Jean-Claude Juncker’s replacement as the next European Commission president.

Source: Irish Examiner May 19, 2019 01:41 UTC