83In the case of the European Parliament, those objectives imply not only that, in accordance with the principle of representative democracy referred to in paragraph 63 above and with Article 14 TEU, its composition must reflect faithfully and completely the free expression of choices made by the citizens of the European Union, by direct universal suffrage, as regards the persons by whom they wish to be represented during a given term, but also that the European Parliament must be protected, in the exercise of its tasks, against hindrances or risks to its proper operation.
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