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EU Member States’ Representation in the European Parliament: the Politics of Seat Reapportionment in a Historical Perspective Cover

EU Member States’ Representation in the European Parliament: the Politics of Seat Reapportionment in a Historical Perspective

By: Jakub Charvát  
Open Access
|Oct 2022

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Language: English
Page range: 154 - 177
Published on: Oct 15, 2022
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