- n ational ▁constitu encies . ▁However , ▁they ▁may ▁not ▁be ▁divided ▁in ▁such ▁a ▁way ▁that ▁the ▁system ▁would ▁no ▁longer ▁be ▁proportional . ▁▁ ▁Rel ative ▁influence ▁of ▁vot ers ▁from ▁different ▁EU ▁member ▁states ▁( 2 0 1 9 ) ▁ ▁Lis bon ▁system ▁Under ▁the ▁Lis bon ▁Tre aty , ▁which ▁first ▁applied ▁to ▁the ▁ 2 0 1 4 ▁Parliament ▁elections , ▁the ▁cap ▁on ▁the ▁number ▁of ▁seats ▁was ▁raised ▁to ▁ 7 5 0 , ▁with ▁a ▁maximum ▁of ▁ 9 6 ▁and ▁a ▁minimum ▁of ▁ 6 ▁seats ▁per ▁state . ▁They ▁continue ▁to ▁be ▁distributed ▁" de gress ively ▁proportional " ▁to ▁the ▁populations ▁of ▁the ▁EU ' s ▁member ▁states . ▁Germany ▁lost ▁three ▁seats , ▁while ▁Spain ▁gained ▁four . ▁France , ▁Sweden ▁and ▁Austria ▁gained ▁two ▁seats ▁each ▁and ▁eight ▁other ▁countries ▁each ▁gained ▁one ▁seat . ▁Following ▁the ▁acc ession ▁of ▁Cro atia ▁on ▁ 1 ▁July ▁ 2 0 1 3 ▁with ▁ 1 2 ▁extra ▁seats , ▁the ▁app ort ion ment ▁was ▁am ended ▁for ▁the ▁ 2 0 1 4 ▁elections , ▁when ▁ 1 2 ▁countries ▁lost ▁one ▁seat ▁( including ▁Cro atia ▁itself ). ▁ ▁There ▁was ▁controvers y ▁over ▁the ▁fact ▁that ▁the ▁population ▁figures ▁are ▁based ▁on ▁residents , ▁not ▁citizens , ▁resulting ▁in ▁countries ▁with ▁larger ▁dis enf ranch ised ▁imm igr ant ▁populations ▁gain ing ▁more ▁under ▁Lis bon ▁than ▁those ▁with ▁smaller ▁ones . ▁Italy ▁would ▁have ▁been