Internet Activities   Instructions: Enter your answers into the boxes below. If you'd like a print-out of your responses, click on the Submit button at the bottom of the page, and you will be taken to a printer-friendly page. If you have been instructed to submit your exercise online, enter both your and your instructor's name and e-mail address, then click the Email button at the bottom of the page. Your answers will be e-mailed immediately.   The European Parliament This exercise examines the nature and functions of the European Parliament. 1. Which country has the most seats? Which has the least? 2. What are the main functions of the European Parliament? 3. Why is the European Parliament in general less powerful than the legislatures of the countries of democratic Europe or of the United States Congress? 4. What are the "political groups" in the European Parliament? How are these both similar and different from political parties in the United States Congress or in the European country of your choice? 5. Why would having so many different countries as members make the EU overall a less powerful and more unwieldy institution than the United States government? 6. How could loyalty to the EU and loyalty to one’s own country come into conflict? How does this affect the power of both individual member states of the EU and the EU itself?     Student Name:* Student Email:*   Professor Name:*   Professor Email:*         *required