Re:Net neutrality in the EU is only a few amendments away
by dogma1138 on Saturday October 24, 2015 @02:27PM
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MEP as far as i know are a single national constituency, there aren't districts through which they are elected.
So you can pretty much call any MEP in the EU country you live and vote for the EUP in regardless of your nationality.
The "good" thing about the EUP is that it's so powerless that there is very little lobbying which means that MEP's tend to me much more ideological and open to input from anyone rather than their donors and lobby groups.
EDIT: Apparently the constituency segmentation can vary between country and country some use a single constituency some use sub-national segmentation that may or not be in line with local or national elections.
Re:Net neutrality in the EU is only a few amendments away
by Silhouette on Saturday October 24, 2015 @03:56PM
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It depends on the country you're in. For some EU states the MEPs are elected as a single group. For others there are constituencies within the state and the state's overall group of MEPs is composed of several smaller groups. So what you say is true in some states, but not in others.
Also, MEPs have considerably more practical power since the Lisbon Treaty.
Your own representatives should at least acknowledge your communication, and in my experience you'll tend to get a mixed bag with MEPs where some will actually reply substantively but others mostly won't. Please remember to vote accordingly at the next elections as well, because often the MEP elections are considered second tier and don't get as much turn-out even though the elected MEPs wind up having a say on important issues like this one.