The European Parliament has decided the number of Full Members for Interparliamentary Delegations. The way delegations are composed is essentially the same as that of EP Committees. Political Groups present their list of candidacies to the Conference of Presidents. In order to make the appointments within the group, MEPs manifest their preferences according to the existing delegations. The primary decisions are normally taken inside the different national delegations within the Political Group.

The appointment for the BRICS countries is as follows:

Back in 2012 GRECO (The Group of States Against Corruption) at the Council of Europe published an evaluation report of Estonia dealing with Corruption Prevention in respect of Members of Parliament, Judges and Prosecutors.

The New Zeeland House of Representatives usually consists of 120 Members of Parliament (MPs), sometimes more due to overhang seats. 70 MPs are elected directly in electoral seats and the remainder are filled by list MPs based on each party's share of the party vote. The form of New Zeeland government essentially follows the Westminster system and the government is led by the Prime Minister and cabinet who are chosen from amongst the members of the House of Representatives.

422 votes in favour, the European Parliament elected Jean-Claude Juncker in a secret ballot on 15 July as President of the new European Commission to take office on 1 November 2014 for a five year term. The minimum number of votes required was 376.

For the first time in the history of the EU, the European Parliament elected - and not merely approved - the President of the European Commission following a proposal by the European Council, according to the rules laid down in the Lisbon Treaty (December 2009).