In the “MEP BY STATE” section on the MEP Ranking website (considered the best monitor of parliamentary activity of MEPs), those are grouped according to the Europe state they belong to. In this section you can see a map of Europe, with the member states marked in blue, and with the other non-member states marked in grey. If you place the cursor over the image of the “grey” states, a window appears with only the name (Russia, Norway, Ukraine, Andorra etc), but if you roll over a member state of the European Union there will be more information (states name, flag, number of inhabitants, MEPs of this state etc).

On the mentioned home page, the Principality of Catalonia is separated of Spain, as if it was a member state, and if you put the cursor over the word “Catalonia” appears, and image with the Catalan flag and “7M people”. If you put the cursor over Spain, the Spanish flag appears and you can read “40M people” (this means the habitants of the Spanish State without  Catalonia). If you click over the map of a state additional information is show, as the MEP representing the country in the European Parliament. Another feature of the site is that all the Catalan MEPs are considered representatives of the Catalan State (even if they are members of Spanish parties). This means that MEPs of Ciutadanos (Citizens), PP in Catalonia and PSC are considered to represent the Catalan State (along with ERC, CiU and ICV) and instead Iosu Juariasti (EH Bildu) is considered a Spanish MEP. Some analysts have claimed that the website may be changed soon because of pressure from the Spanish authorities.