PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Charvát, Jakub TI - The European Parliament Elections in a Historical Perspective: from the principle of delegation to search for a uniform electoral procedure DP - 2015 Dec 15 TA - Civilia PG - 32--51 VI - 6 IP - 2 AID - 10.5507/civ.2015.010 IS - 18053963 AB - This descriptive case study deals with an issue of the European Parliament electoral system in a historical perspective. It describes its genesis and reforms over time. The study therefore presents the evolution of filling the seats of Members of the European Parliament from the principle of delegation in the 1950s to the late 1970s through the 1979 introduction of direct elections for Members of the European Parliament to the current debate on a uniform electoral procedure across all Member States of the European Union.