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Primarily the purpose is to make sure that the different political views as well as different EU memeber states and regions are represented. Together they have
by johannes1234321 4y ago
Primarily the purpose is to make sure that the different political views as well as different EU memeber states and regions are represented. Together they have to be able to represent the whole spread views and cultures, for being respected inside parliament as well as by the public.
Whether 14 vice plus one president is the sweet spot one can argue, but this is two vice presidents per political group in Parlament.
- mytailorisrich 4y agoDifferent views across all the EU member states are represented through the MEPs. 14 VPs is just a small part of the EU gravy train.
- johannes1234321 4y agoFor policy making, yes, MEPs are the ones voting. For administrative tasks, deciding on parliament agenda, etc. you need a smaller group for being practical in decision making. Starting each session with a debate on the day's agenda (while in some situations it is a relevant police decision which has to be taken by parliament) and adminsitrative routine tasks is quite inefficient. Now the parliament has 7 different political groups (fractions) and a bunch of independent members. Having two VPs per fraction is somewhat a compromise between true representative (which would need more people) or ignoring more (they are already ignoring independents) And yes, of course, you could also force less fractions, but fractions covering too broad of a spectrum are quite problematic too (see spread in the two parties in the US system ...) And in cost or whatever it is a small part of what parliament costs anyways and quite neglectible.