European Parliament (EP) elections will start on June 6 in the European Union, which will last until June 9 inclusive. This is reported by “Interfax”.
The Netherlands will hold elections on June 6, Ireland on June 7, Latvia, Malta, Slovakia on June 8. The Czech Republic will vote on two days, June 7 and 8, and Italy on June 8 and 9. Other EU states will hold elections on June 9.
More than 370 million European citizens have the right to vote in 27 EU countries to elect 720 members of the European Parliament.
The elections will be held in one round. Voting is conducted with full lists of candidates nominated by political parties or coalitions. Lists that do not get 5 percent of the votes do not pass the CE.
The first results of the new composition of the European Parliament will be published on June 9, around 20:15-20:30 Brussels time. Preliminary results are expected between 23:15 and 23:30.
The plenary session of the European Parliament is scheduled for July 16-19 in Strasbourg. The elected MEPs will form political factions, the leadership of the European Parliament will be elected, and other organizational positions will be distributed.
It will be followed by the election of the President of the European Commission (EC) by the leaders of the EU countries and the European Parliament and the formation of the EC Executive Council with 27 European Commissioners.
In order to be elected to the position of head of the European Commission, the candidate must first receive the support of a qualified majority of the leaders of the 27 EU countries. After that, he must collect at least 361 votes from the 720 new members of the European Parliament.
The current head of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, has already announced her desire to get a second presidential mandate. At the beginning of March, the center-right European People’s Party, which has the largest faction in the European Parliament, approved his candidacy for the second term as the president of the European Commission during the assembly.
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