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European Parliament
7th European Parliament
Coat of arms or logo
Leadership
President Martin Schulz, S&D
Since 16 January 2012
Vice Presidents
Leader of largest
political group
Joseph Daul, EPP
Since 9 January 2007
Leader of 2nd largest
political group
Hannes Swoboda, S&D
Since 17 January 2012
Structure
Seats 754 MEPs
2009 European Parliament Composition.svg
Political groups

     EPP (269)
     S&D (190)
     ALDE (85)
     Greens – EFA (58)
     ECR (55)
     EFD (35)
     EUL-NGL (34)

     Non-Inscrits (28)
Committees
Length of term 5 years
Elections
Voting system Party list, STV and First Past the Post[1]
Last election 4–7 June 2009
Next election 22–25 May 2014
Meeting place
European Parliament, Plenar hall.jpg
1st: Louise Weiss: Strasbourg, France (image)
2nd: Espace Léopold: Brussels, Belgium
Secretariat: Luxembourg & Brussels
Website
europarl.europa.eu

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