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Members of the from February 2020 In May 2019, on a turnout of 51%, citizens elected their representatives to the European Parliament for the next five years. On 31 January 2020, the withdrew from the Union. Of the 73 seats vacated by Members elected in the UK, 27 have been redistributed among 14 Member States, while 46 remain available for potential EU enlargements and/or the possible creation of a transnational constituency in the future. The number of seats in the Parliament has fallen from 751 to 705. The 705 MEPs elected have an average age of 51 years (with the youngest being 22 and the oldest 83). A majority of MEPs (415) are new to the Parliament. Women now represent 39.6% of all MEPs.

MEPs by Member State New and re-elected MEPs 96 415 275 15 7976 New MEPs Re-elected MEPs 59 52 New MEPs who have never previously sat in the European Parliament. 33 29 Re-elected MEPs who were in the EP during the 2014-2019 term. 21 21 21 21 21 2119 171414141312 11 8 8 7 6 6 6 MEPs elected in 2019 who were in the EP during a previous term, but not in the 2014-2019 Parliament. DEFR IT ES PLRONLBECZ ELHUPT SE ATBGDK FI SK IE HRLT LV SI EE CYLUMT Change from previous situation = 535113 = ==== 11= 111 2 1 = = = 1 = == Age of MEPs MEPs by political group 22 51 83

Renew Europe: 13.9% EPP: 26.5% Minimum Average Maximum

Greens/EFA: 9.7% ECR: 8.8% Gender of MEPs S&D: 20.7% 705 seats ID: 10.8% 279 426 Female MEPs Male MEPs GUE/NGL: 5.5% NI: 4.1%

200 +5 39.6 % 60.4% -8 Before (30.1.2020) Share of female MEPs Share of male MEPs 150 18 7 -10 After Brexit (15.9.2020) 100 14 6

98 +3 -6 -4 -24

76 -1

50 68 62 27 new MEPs from February 2020 39 0 29 EPP S&D Renew ID Greens/ ECR GUE/ NI New MEPs Re-elected MEPs Europe EFA NGL 20 6 1 Note:Variation Due to+5 changes in-7 political group-10 membership+3 since-7 1 February-5 2020, the figures-1 in the-2 4chart Never previously sat in the EP In the EP in In the EP before but 2014-2019 not in 2014-2019 above do not match those in the graphic below exactly.

73 seats from UK 27 seats re-distributed EPP 0 5 27 Age 47 63 S&D -10 4 Renew Europe -17 6 Minimum Average Maximum ID 0 3 Greens/EFA -11 4 ECR -8 3 GUE/NGL -1 0 10 37.0% 63.0% 17 NI -26 2 Female MEPs Male MEPs

EPRS | European Parliamentary Research Service

Author: Giulio Sabbati, Members’ Research Service PE 646.202 - September 2020 EPRS Members of the European Parliament from February 2020 Share of new MEPs by Member State Share of new MEPs by political group 86%

76% Renew Greens/ GUE/ 71% 71% 70% % 69% ID Europe EFA ECR NGL S&D EPP NI 67% 63% 62% 61 % 59% 57% 57% 57% 55% 53 52% 52% 52% 50% 50% 50% 50% 48% 47% 38% 38% 33% FI IE IT SI LT EL EE SE ES CZ FR PL CY PT SK LV BE 27 LU AT DE NL DK BG RO HR HU MT 80% 68% 68% 63% 62% 55% 42% 62% EU New MEPs are those who have never previously sat in the European Parliament. They represent 58.9% of the total MEPs. The percentage varies between 85.7% in - where 12 out of 14 MEPs are new - and 33.3% in Malta (2 of 6).

Age of MEPs by Member State Female MEPs in the European Parliament Minimum Average Maximum 45% 40.6% MT 30 45 72 30% SE 33 45 59 30.3% 39.6% BG 32 47 68 15% After Brexit (15.9.2020) HU 31 47 67 16.6% 0% CZ 27 47 67 1979 1984 1989 1994 1999 2004 2009 2014 2019 NL 30 47 67 Note: The dots on the line represent the constituent sessions; changes in gender balance during DK 22 47 75 previous terms are not shown. AT 28 48 62 More than 50.0% HR 30 48 62 45.0% - 49.9% EE 29 50 63 38.0% - 44.9% SK 35 50 66 28.0% - 37.9% PT 29 50 68 Less than 28.0% RO 34 50 68 DE 27 50 71 IT 31 50 83 SI 31 51 61 FR 25 51 73 ES 26 51 76 LU 36 52 68 EL 27 52 68 BE 35 53 69 FI 27 54 75 CY 51 56 60 IE 33 56 70 PL 35 57 80 LV 44 58 70 LT 55 61 66 28.0% 38.0% 45.0% 50.0% 0% 57.1% The average age of MEPs is 51 years old; national averages vary between Women represent 39.6% of all MEPs. There is a clear increasing path of 45 and 61. The youngest MEP is from (22 years old) and the oldest female representation in the EP. It has doubled since the first elections in is from (83 years old). 1979. There is a slight decrease since the constituent session (40.6%).

Notes This is an update of a publication from April 2020. Country codes: (BE), (BG), Czechia (CZ), Denmark (DK), (DE), (EE), Ireland (IE), (EL), (ES), (FR), (HR), Italy (IT), Cyprus (CY), (LV), (LT), (LU), (HU), Malta (MT), (NL), (AT), (PL), Portugal (PT), (RO), (SI), Slovakia (SK), (FI), (SE). Political groups: Group of the European People’s Party (Christian Democrats) (EPP); Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament (S&D); Renew Europe; (ID); Group of /European Free Alliance (Greens/EFA); and Reformists Group (ECR); Confederal Group of the European – Nordic Green Left (GUE/NGL) and Non-attached Members (NI). Acronyms: European Parliament (EP), Member of European Parliament (MEP). Data source: Data supplied by Members’ Administration Unit. Extraction date: Data were extracted on 15 September 2020.

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