The European Parliament has been directly elected by the European citizens , each EU Member State 's national has his state 's nationality and EU 's nationality .
The Parliament is composed of 751 members ( MEPs ) , that will become 705 starting from the 2019-2024 legislature ( because specific provisions adopted about Brexit ) , who represent the second-largest democratic electorate in the world ( after the Parliament of India ) and the largest trans-national democratic electorate in the world ( 375 million eligible voters in 2009 ) .It has been directly elected every five years by universal suffrage since 1979 .
European Parliament