European Parliament election, 2009

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Elections to the European Parliament will be held in June 2009 in the then–27 member states of the European Union, using varying election days according to local custom. It will be the first time that Bulgaria and Romania participate in European Parliament elections at the same time as the other member states; Croatia still hopes to have wrapped up accession negotiations by 2008, enabling it to participate in these elections as well.^[1]

Events which are expected to follow these elections are:

Another attempt of Ireland's Fianna Fáil to leave the Alliance for Europe of the Nations and join another group.
The formation of the Movement for European Reform by the Conservatives and Ulster Unionists of the United Kingdom and the Civic Democratic Party of the Czech Republic, effectively dissolving the European Democrats.

[edit] Number of seats

At the previous election member states were granted a fixed allocation of seats for election. With the admission of Bulgaria and Romania, these allocations are likely to be modified.

Current seat allocations are:

Based on population figures, Image:Flag of Bulgaria (bordered).svg Bulgaria would be between Austria's 18 and Slovakia's 14 seats and Romania between Poland's 54 and the Netherlands' 27 seats.