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Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of Tables and Figures -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- About the authors -- Map of the European Community with number of MEPs per country -- Seating plan of Political Groups in the Strasbourg Parliament -- I: THE FRAMEWORK -- Chapter 1. The Parliament in context -- The institutional context -- - The Commission -- - The Council -- - Other Community bodies -- - The European Parliament and national parliaments -- The historical context -- Chapter 2. How it is elected -- 1. The run-up to direct elections -- 2. The variety of national systems and the main differences between them -- 3. Main issues in drawing up a uniform electoral system -- (i) The nature of the electoral system -- (ii) The choice of candidates -- (iii) The right to vote -- (iv) Finance -- (v) The number of seats per country -- 4. The attempts that have been made so far in drawing up a uniform electoral system -- The European elections so far -- Chapter 3. Where, when and in quale lingua -- The seat issue: where the Parliament meets -- When: Parliament's cycle of activities -- In quale lingua: languages within the European Parliament -- II: THE ACTORS AND WORKING STRUCTURES -- Chapter 4. The individual members -- 1. Rights and obligations of individual members within the European Parliamentary system -- - Incompatibilities and verification of credentials -- - Facilities -- - Immunities -- - Declaration of financial interests -- - The members' assistants -- 2. Background of the individual members elected in 1989 -- - Length of service -- - Balance between men and women -- - National parliamentary and ministerial experience -- - Other political experience -- 3. The role of individual members within the Parliamentary system -- 4. The work of an individual MEP: choice of priorities.