Why should I care who my MEP is?

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Brexit explained: Why should I care who my MEP is?

Even if the UK leaves the EU later this year, British MEPs may have some impact. The result of the European Parliament elections partly determines who the new president of the Commission will be, replacing Jean-Claude Juncker. This process will take conclude before the end of the currentThis time, polls show the UK’s MEPs could swing the balance away from the centre-right group, which held the post since 1999, to the centre-left group.

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