> ...the Tories on 23 percent, behind Labour (31 percent) and UKIP (28 percent)... Liberal Democrats were on a dismal 9 percent, according to analysis of recent polling by Professor Curtice of Strathclyde University.
Thanks Olog-hai. These elections are for seats in the European parliament, which is a debate club that merely rubberstamps the decrees of various committees.
> The number of MEPs for each country is roughly in proportion to its population. Under the Lisbon Treaty no country can have fewer than 6 or more than 96 MEPs... The numbers will be adjusted for the next mandate of the European Parliament. For example, the number of MEPs for Germany will thus be reduced from 99 to 96, whilst for Malta this number will increase from 5 to 6.
http://europa.eu/about-eu/institutions-bodies/european-parliament/index_en.htm
Correct about “Europarl” being a toy parliament, mostly for the European Commission.