Future seats in the European Parliament still controversial

The seats in the European Parliament for future member states are still an issue of discussion. Tuesday the subject was touched upon again during the meeting of the European Parliament chairman Pat Cox with heads of parliaments from the candidate countries.

The Czech Republic and Hungary have been given 18 seats in the Parliament according to the Nice Treaty, however they managed to secure the promise of extra two seats, but the deal is still not closed.

Commissioner Günter Verhe...