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The Sociopolitical Profile of Parliamentary Representatives in Greece, Italy and Spain Before and Af Movement, SYRIZA, Ciudadanos and Podemos) elected after the latest general elections in Italy (2013), Greece (September 2015) and Spain (2016). In particular, we want to see how candidate selection affects the descriptive representation of new parties, and whether MPs from SYRIZA, Podemos, Ciudadan