Changes in the number of MEPs in the EU Parliament for France: +7, Spain: +7, Italy: +3, NL: +5

Klaus V. Zinser made this acceso a documentos request to Parlamento Europeo

La solicitud fue parcialmente exitosa.

Dear European Parliament,

Under the right of access to documents in the EU treaties, as developed in Regulation 1049/2001, I am requesting documents which contain the following information:

Having seen that the number of MEPs was and is changed:
After Brexit:
"Frankreich (+5), Spanien (+5), Italien (+3), die Niederlande (+3), Germany (0)
Now:
Frankreich (+2), Spanien (+2) und die Niederlande (+2), Germany (0)
https://www.welt.de/247417632#/comment/2...

And
EU has 447 Mio Citizens, Germany 84 Mio. Rougly 19 %. Having 720 MEPs Germany should have roughly 137 MEPs.
-> I suspect Germany should have min 130 MEPs.
https://www.welt.de/247417632#/comment/2...

Questions:
1. All the documents that decided to change the number of MEPs. I suspect there are also papers from there EU Memberstates, the EU Cosilium and the EU Court.
2. The exact number of citizens in each EU memberstate who are allowed to vote for the MEPs and the voting age.
3. The additional expenses for addition MEPs per year.
As I suspect all these MEPs rulings should not be allowed
4. the current status for citizens referendums and law initiatives from EU citizens. As EU citizen I don't agree to this.
5. Legal remedies for EU citizens to reject this change in MEPs
6. Signed Documents from each EU Memberstate agreeing to this MEPs number change.

Yours faithfully,

Klaus V. Zinser

Dear European Parliament,

also this should be considered:
"Österreich, Dänemark, Belgien, Polen, Finnland, die Slowakei, Irland, Slowenien und Lettland sollen jeweils einen weiteren Sitz erhalten."

-> France: +7,
Spain: +7,
Italy: +3,
NL: +5.
Österreich: +1,
Dänemark: +1,
Belgien: +1,
Polen: +1,
Finnland: +1,
Slowakei: +1,
Irland: +1,
Slowenien: +1,
Lettland: +1,

I cannot imagine that the Parliament itself can decide on this.
"Der Ausschuss für konstitutionelle Fragen in Straßburg stimmte mit großer Mehrheit für die Vergrößerung."

Additionally the Questions:
98: All Documents previously made and suspected to be signed on the number of MEPs since the EU Parliament was established.
99: Member in the "Commitee" (Ausschuss für konstitutionelle Fragen) all the member names. And who established this commitee?

Yours faithfully,

Klaus V. Zinser

Our reference: 2023-3267

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Our reference: 2023-3267

Dear Mr Zinser,

Thank you for contacting the Transparency Unit of the European Parliament.

This message responds to your two requests under [1]Regulation (EC) No
1049/2001 relating to the recent proposal to increase in the number of
Members of the European Parliament.

Firstly, we would like to draw your attention to the fact that the scope
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Parliament's composition is assessed before each European election, in
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European Union. According to those principles, the number of MEPs shall
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more than 97 seats. This leads to the fact that some, bigger Members
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Dear European Parliament,

this answer is extremely worrying. If there is an upper limit for the max amount of German MEPs, it is not acceptable to increase the number of other MEPs.
I want an answer from all the ones who decided this. Well better, it should be said thats my complaint.
The number should be brought down to half for all. Further my vote as German Citizen needs to have the same rights as the vote from a Luxemburg or Maltese Citizen for their MEP. Corrections in laws are made through the consilium.
-> real Citizens Referendums.

It's a waste of time to discuss further here. I got what I needed to know.

Yours faithfully,

Klaus V. Zinser

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