Membership
The EMPA consists of parliamentarians appointed by:
- the national parliaments of the member states of the European Union;
- the national parliaments of the ten Mediterranean partners (Algeria, Egypt, Jordan, Israel, Lebanon, Morocco, Palestine, Syria, Tunisia and Turkey);
- the European Parliament.
The EMPA consists of a maximum of 240 Members, of which 120 are Europeans (75 from the EU national parliaments and 45 from the EP) and 120 are from the NPs of the EU's Mediterranean partner countries, so as to guarantee North-South parity.
It is organised on the basis of national delegations and European Parliament delegations. It meets at least once a year.
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