European elections in 1994

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European elections in 1994
          

Distribution of seats by parliamentary group upon constitution
(gains / losses compared to the end of the previous
legislative period) :

SOZ Socialists, Social Democrats 198 ± 00
EPP Christian Democrats, Conservatives 156 - 06
ELDR liberal 44 - 01
VEL Communists, leftists 28 New
FE Forza Italia 27 New
EDA Gaullists, conservatives 26th - 06
Green Green 23 - 04th
ERA Regionalists, radical liberals 19th New
EN EU skeptics, conservatives 19th New
Non-attached 27 ± 00
total 567 +49

The European elections in June 1994 were the fourth European elections to the European Parliament in the history of the EU and took place from 9 to 12 June 1994. The strongest group was the Party of European Socialists .

Distribution of seats

fraction BE DE DK IT FR GR IE IT LU NL PT UK Seats %
  European Social Democratic Party 6th 40 3 22nd 15th 10 1 18th 2 8th 10 63 198 34.9
  European People's Party (Christian Democrats) 7th 47 3 30th 13 9 4th 12 2 10 1 19th 157 27.7
  European Liberal, Democratic and Reform Party 6th 5 2 1 1 7th 1 10 8th 2 43 7.6
  Confederal Group of the European United Left (Socialists and Communists) 9 7th 4th 5 3 28 4.9
  Forza Europe ( Forza Italia ) 27 27 4.8
  European Democrats ( Gaullists ) rallying movement 14th 2 7th 3 26th 4.6
  The Greens Group 2 12 1 2 4th 1 1 23 4.1
  European Radical Alliance ( Radical Liberals and Regionalists) 1 1 13 2 2 19th 3.4
  Europe of Nations ( Eurosceptic ) 4th 13 2 19th 3.4
  Non-attached MPs 3 11 12 1 27 4.8
    25th 99 16 64 87 25th 15th 87 6th 31 25th 87 567

Results in the individual countries

Germany

Political party fraction Seats %
  Social Democratic Party of Germany European Social Democratic Party 40 32.2
  Christian Democratic Union European People's Party 39 32.0
  Alliance 90 / The Greens The Greens / European Free Alliance 12 10.1
  Christian Social Union European People's Party 8th 6.8
  Democratic Socialism Party - 0 4.7
  Free Democratic Party - 0 4.1
  The Republicans - 0 3.9
  Other parties - 0 6.3

Right to vote for EU foreigners

German special postage stamp for the European elections

The 1994 European elections were the first elections to the European Parliament after the Maastricht Treaty , signed on February 7, 1992, came into force . According to Art. 22 (2) TFEU (formerly Art. 19 (2 ) ECT ), all Union citizens could choose whether to exercise their right to vote and stand as a candidate in their home country or in their country of residence. The details of exercising the right to vote in European elections for Union citizens residing in a Member State of which they are not citizens were regulated by Council Directive 93/109 / EC of 6 December 1993. The entitlement is a result of the European freedom of movement introduced by the Maastricht Treaty for Union citizens under Article 21 TFEU ​​and Article 45 of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights . Because of this, for example, EU foreigners living in Germany were able to vote for the first time in the election of the German representatives in the European Parliament in the European elections on June 12, 1994.

See also

Web links

Commons : European elections 1994  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Composition of Parliament (PDF; 121 kB), official communication.
  2. ^ Federal Agency for Civic Education : European elections. Introduction to the electoral system. Status: March 13, 2014. Access: February 13, 2017.
  3. ↑ Foreigners can take part in the German European elections. Premiere for EU citizens. In: Berliner Zeitung , March 16, 1994; Accessed: February 19, 2017.