Growth in membership of the European Parliament

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The membership of the European Parliament has grown from 78 in 1952 to its current maximum limit of 732. The earliest ancestor of the parliament was established as the 'Common Assembly' of the European Coal and Steel Community, in September 1952. The body has been known by its current name since 1962.

	Sep 1952	Mar 1957	Jan 1973	Jun 1979	Jan 1981	Jan 1986	Jun 1994	Jan 1995	May 2004	Jun 2004	Jan 2007	Jun 2009
Germany	18	36	36	81	81	81	99	99	99	99	99	99
France	18	36	36	81	81	81	87	87	87	78	78	72
Italy	18	36	36	81	81	81	87	87	87	78	78	72
Belgium	10	14	14	24	24	24	25	25	25	24	24	22
Netherlands	10	14	14	25	25	25	31	31	31	27	27	25
Luxembourg	4	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
United Kingdom			36	81	81	81	87	87	87	78	78	72
Denmark			10	16	16	16	16	16	16	14	14	13
Ireland			10	15	15	15	15	15	15	13	13	12
Greece					24	24	25	25	25	24	24	22
Spain						60	64	64	64	54	54	50
Portugal						24	25	25	25	24	24	22
Sweden								22	22	19	19	18
Austria								21	21	18	18	17
Finland								16	16	14	14	13
Poland									54	54	54	50
Czech Republic									24	24	24	20
Hungary									24	24	24	20
Slovakia									14	14	14	13
Lithuania									13	13	13	12
Latvia									9	9	9	8
Slovenia									7	7	7	7
Cyprus									6	6	6	6
Estonia									6	6	6	6
Malta									5	5	5	5
Romania											35	33
Bulgaria											18	17
Total	78	142	198	410	434	518	567	626	788	732	786	732

[edit] See also

• History of the European Union