Formally, however, members "shall not be bound by any instructions and not receive a binding mandate for example from their Member State or from any private person", according to Parliament's Rules of Procedure.
Eiropas Parlaments nesen pieņēma lēmumu pacelt latiņu — tagad jaunu politisko grupu varēs izveidot 25 deputāti, kuriem jāpārstāv vismaz septiņas dalībvalstis.