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This article presents an analysis of legal regulations governing the status of a Member of the European Parliament. After analyzing the modes of election and the principles of Polish Electoral Law to Parliament, the article shows the position and privileges associated with the function of an MEP. The article contains an analysis of cases where a loss of a parliamentarian and the principle of incompatibility positions.
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In Poland, the system of election to the European Parliament is based on a multistage procedure for the division of seats, which has departed from Polish traditional and well-established model of territorial representation. As a result, seats are not permanently assigned to constituencies and are allocated “dynamically” depending on the distribution of the votes among the constituency list of candidates. Before the election, nobody knows how many seats will be finally obtained by the region. As a consequence of this system the distribution of seats is unjust and incompatible with the principle of substantive equality and which, at the starting point, discriminates against constituencies with less than 2.2 million voters. It does not provide for the proper performance of the function of territorial representation, nor does it reward (in a consistent manner) those constituencies in which the turnout is higher than the national one, instead leading to paradoxical divisions. This system, inconsistently and without reliance on any reasonable criteria, favours or discriminate against constituencies with of the same number or percentage of those taking part in voting. There is, no rational and justified reasons to keep it.
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Artykuł podejmuje analizę problematyki równości materialnej w wyborach do Senatu. System wyborczy w wyborach do izby wyższej parlamentu w Polsce w sposób radyklany narusza zasadę równości materialnej wyborów. Charakteryzuje się on dużą dysproporcją wielkości okręgów wyborczych z punktu widzenia liczby mieszkańców przypadających na poszczególne okręgi wyborcze. Obowiązujący podział na okręgi wyborcze, wynikający z załącznika do Kodeksu wyborczego narusza jego przepisy. Jest także kontrowersyjny z innych punktów widzenia. Rodzi również pytanie o jego zgodność z zasadą demokratycznego państwa prawnego.
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The article analyzes the issue of material equality in elections to the Senate. The electoral system in elections to the upper house of parliament in Poland radically violates the principle of material equality of elections. It is characterized by a large disproportion in the size of electoral districts in terms of the number of inhabitants in individual electoral districts. The current division into electoral districts, resulting from the annex to the Electoral Code, violates its provisions. It is also controversial from other points of view. It also raises the question of its compliance with the principle of a democratic state of law.
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