{"id":17440,"date":"2024-02-12T11:10:22","date_gmt":"2024-02-12T11:10:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/clearingtheair.eu\/your-guide-to-the-european-elections\/"},"modified":"2025-01-07T12:08:20","modified_gmt":"2025-01-07T12:08:20","slug":"your-guide-to-the-european-elections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/clearingtheair.eu\/de\/post\/your-guide-to-the-european-elections\/","title":{"rendered":"Your Guide to the European Elections"},"content":{"rendered":"
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When are they?<\/strong><\/p>\n

From June 6 to June 9 2024, citizens of the European Union (EU) will take to the polls to elect 720 politicians to the European Parliament. <\/p>\n

Taking place across four days, 27 countries and in 24 different languages, they are the largest multinational elections in the world. The European elections happen every five years.  <\/p>\n

How many seats are there?<\/strong><\/p>\n

There are currently 705 seats in the European Parliament, which is the only directly-elected EU institution. At the coming elections, this will rise by 15 to 720. <\/p>\n

Because EU member countries vary in size, they elect varying numbers of MEPs – Members of European Parliament. However, there can be no more than 96 and no less than six seats per country. <\/p>\n

At the moment, Germany has the maximum number of representatives at 96, with France second at 79 and Italy third at 76.<\/p>\n

To achieve the added seats, some countries will elect a few more MEPs than they did previously, but no country will elect fewer. <\/p>\n

What are parliamentary groups?<\/strong><\/p>\n

MEPs from each member country belong to one of the seven parliamentary groups or are non-inscrits<\/em> (not-attached to a group). <\/p>\n

The European People’s Party Group (EPP) and the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats (S&D) are currently the largest political groups, with the Renew Europe Party following closely behind. <\/p>\n

How does each country vote?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Each European country can decide which date between June 5 and 9 2024 to hold their elections on. <\/p>\n

The European elections are greatly influenced by the politics of each member country. The diverse election systems and rules across these countries add a further layer of complexity.<\/p>\n

All voting systems must ensure proportional representation (where the share of seats is in proportion to the votes cast) for the European elections, but national electoral systems differ greatly.<\/p>\n

For example, the minimum age threshold for candidates ranges from 18 to 25, and 14 of the 27 member countries require political parties to pass a percentage threshold to join the European Parliament.<\/p>\n

Voter turnout<\/strong><\/p>\n

Voting turnout in European elections varies drastically from country to country. Five EU countries have compulsory voting but, overall, turnout for European elections is notoriously low. <\/p>\n

What do the polls predict?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Recent seat polls show gains for the far-right Identity and Democracy party, although the EPP and S&D continue to dominate.<\/p>\n

A scenario analysis of what the European Parliament would look like if it were elected today, which assigns new unaffiliated parties to parliamentary groups, shows gains by right-wing parliamentary groups.<\/p>\n

But there is still time for the outlook to change.<\/p>\n

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