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In this article, EPHA describes the different steps that led to the ratification of the Lisbon Treaty. Since the Lisbon Treaty came into force, the European Parliament must be now composed of 754 MEPs for the 27 Member States on a transitional basis - which means an increase of 18 additional MEPs. How and when these new MEPs would be ’elected’ proved to be an institutional battle - which has just been resolved in June 2010. The treaty change which was necessary for the 18 new (...)