The MEPs who came next on their national lists are waiting for Brexit to happen before they can take their seats. Because they aren't being paid, many of them are still working their current jobs.
MEPs in-waiting grapple with uncertainty
ADVERTISEMENT27 MEPs are currently waiting for Brexit to happen before they can sit down and vote in the house.
Adrian Vazquez-Lazara is one of them. He was next on the list to be elected in Spain, which means he has to wait until Brexit.
"Of course I took it personally, it was not good news as you can understand," Vazquez-Lazara said. "But the next day, the first thing I did was standing up, and I go to work."
Britian is currently set to leave on October the 31st. Only 27 of the UK's 73 states will be retained after Brexit, and the European Parliament will shrink from 751 to 705 seats.
France and Spain will take 5 seats each. Italy and the Netherlands will take 3 seats each. Ireland will get 2 extra seats. Poland, Romania, Sweden, Austria, Denmark, Slovakia, Finland, Croatia and Estonia will all get 1 seat each.
Those who came next on their national lists are waiting, without pay, for Brexit to happen. Many are continuing to work in their current jobs.
With the political uncertainty over Brexit in the UK escalating, it's hard to predict how long it might be before these MEPs in-waiting can become fully-fledged members of the parliament.
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