European elections 2019

This article describes the 2019 election in general. For the election in Germany see European Election in Germany 2019 , for the election in Austria see European Election in Austria 2019 . Further, individual national elections can be found under Category: European elections 2019 .

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Composition according to political groups (gains / losses compared to the outgoing parliament )
	EPP	Christian Democrats , Conservatives	182	-34
	S&D	Social democrats	154	-30
	Renew	Liberals , centrists	108	+39
	Greens / EFA	Greens , regionalists	75	+23
	ID	Nationalists , right-wing populists	73	+37
	EKR	Conservatives , EU skeptics	62	-13
	GUE / NGL	Left , left- wing socialists	41	–11
	Non-attached		56	+36

The 2019 European elections were the ninth direct election to the European Parliament . It took place from 23 to 26 May 2019 in the member states of the European Union . Around 427 million people were eligible to participate. The newly elected parliament met for the first time on July 2, 2019.

751 MPs were elected in the European elections. Contrary to what was originally planned, the United Kingdom did not leave the European Union before the election and thus took part in the election. After Brexit comes into force , the parliament is to be reduced to 705 members. Some of the seats so far given to the UK would be distributed to other Member States, but most would remain vacant.

In parallel to the European elections, further elections and referendums took place in several countries .

Election mode

According to Art. 223 TFEU , the European Council specifies uniform provisions for European elections . For example, proportional representation is prescribed as the electoral system , but the precise form is left to the Member States. Far-reaching reforms of the electoral law envisaged by the European Parliament were rejected. A largely modified draft was adopted by the Council of the European Union on June 18, 2018 . However, the implementation of the resolution on the 2019 election would have contradicted the guidelines of the Venice Commission , according to which electoral laws should be changed at least one year before the election. Therefore, in the 2019 elections, as in the previous elections, there were different rules on the threshold clause in the EU member states , e.g. B. in Germany no threshold clause, in Austria 4%.

Electoral area

Due to the large number of overseas territories outside the European continent , the 2019 European elections took place on all geographic continents . On the African mainland , for example, the inhabitants of Ceuta or Melilla, Spain, elected the European Parliament and on the South American mainland, the inhabitants of French Guiana participated . In addition, for example, residents of Saint-Pierre and Miquelon in North America , Saint Eustatius in Central America , French Polynesia in Oceania and residents of Cyprus in geographic Asia took part in the vote.

Differences among the overseas or special areas

Depending on the EU member state, the participation of special areas of the European Union in the 2019 European elections varied in particular. In principle, European elections take place in all parts of the EU; This includes the home countries on the European continent and the overseas territories with the status of the outermost region (GÄR). The Gaer are Madeira , the Azores , the Canary Islands and the way into the French State integrated overseas departments .

In fact, all other overseas territories are overseas countries and territories (OCT). This status is to be seen as an association with the EU without being a full part of the EU. In this category, the respective EU member states can decide for themselves to what extent these overseas territories participate in the European elections. All EU member states with OCTs that participated in the 2019 European elections are listed below. In France, all overseas territories, including the OCT, voted for the European Parliament; however, in the French Southern and Antarctic Lands, de facto no election took place as there is no resident civilian population . In the Kingdom of the Netherlands , only the autonomous country of the Netherlands on the European continent with its special municipalities in the Caribbean , which are all OCT, elected the European Parliament. The three autonomous countries Aruba , Curaçao and Sint Maarten , which are also OCT, did not take part in the European elections.

Some special areas that are not overseas territories have a special status within the EU, but are an integral part of the EU. These special areas are Åland , Büsingen am Hochrhein , Campione d'Italia , Livigno , Ceuta , Melilla , the UN buffer zone in Cyprus , Gibraltar , Heligoland and Mount Athos . The 2019 European elections took place in all of these areas.

Other special areas are under the sovereignty of an EU member state under international law , but are not part of the EU. These are Akrotiri and Dekelia , the Faroe Islands , Greenland , the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man . In fact , this also applies to the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus , but its residents are entitled to vote in the Republic of Cyprus.

Election area for the 2019 European elections (excluding the United Kingdom)

United Kingdom (Participation in the 2019 European Elections)

Electoral area in which de facto no elections take place due to the lack of a civilian population or a lack of control by the government of the EU member state

Distribution of the seats among the member countries

The number of MEPs to be elected per member state and possibly via the EU-wide lists is determined by a decision of the European Council on the initiative of the European Parliament. The principle of degressive proportionality applies , according to which larger countries generally have more MPs than smaller countries, while smaller countries have more MPs per inhabitant than larger ones . According to Article 14, Paragraph 2 of the EU Treaty , between 6 (smallest countries - Malta, Cyprus, Luxembourg) and 96 members (largest country - Germany) must be elected in each country.

Since it was expected that the United Kingdom would no longer belong to the EU at the time of the election ( Brexit ), the Committee on Constitutional Affairs (AFCO) of the EU Parliament suggested that 27 of the previous 73 UK seats should be included in this election the degressive proportionality to be distributed among the remaining member states.

The proposal to distribute the remaining 46 seats via EU-wide lists was rejected by the European Parliament in February 2018, but it confirmed the distribution of the remaining mandates to the other states in the event of Brexit.

The European elections in the individual EU member states

The following dates were set for the 28 national elections, taking into account national electoral habits. The Seats column contains the number of mandates given to this country. In brackets the additional mandates of the country after the Brexit came into force.

EU country with European elections	Seats	Date May 2019	Voting age ( active / passive)	electoral circles	Preferential vote	blocking clause	Seat allocation procedure	Elective compulsory	Others
Belgium	21st	Sun. 26.	18/21	03	Yes	5%	D'Hondt	Yes	Postal voting , delegated voting
Bulgaria	17th	Sun. 26.	18/21	01	Yes	-	Hare / Niemeyer	Yes	Survey
Denmark	13 (+1)	Sun. 26.	18/18	01	Yes	-	D'Hondt	-	Postal vote
Germany	96	Sun. 26.	18/18	16 *	-	-	Sainte-Laguë	-	Polls , postal votes
Estonia	06 (+1)	Sun. 26.	18/21	01	-	-	D'Hondt	-	Surveys , postal voting, internet voting
Finland	13 (+1)	Sun. 26.	18/18	01	Yes	-	D'Hondt	-	Polls , postal votes
France	74 (+5)	Sun. 26.	18/18	01	-	5%	D'Hondt	-	Polls , delegated voting
Greece	21st	Sun. 26.	17/25	01	-	3%	Enishimeni Analogiki	Yes	Survey
Ireland	11 (+2)	Fri. 24.	18/21	03	Yes	-	STV	-	Survey
Italy	73 (+3)	Sun. 26.	18/25	05 *	Yes	4%	Hare / Niemeyer	-	Survey
Croatia	11 (+1)	Sun. 26.	18/18	01	Yes	5%	D'Hondt	-	Survey
Latvia	08th	Sat. 25.	18/21	01	Yes	5%	Sainte-Laguë	-	Polls , postal votes
Lithuania	11	Sun. 26.	18/21	01	Yes	5%	Hare / Niemeyer	-	Postal vote
Luxembourg	06th	Sun. 26.	18/18	01	Yes	-	D'Hondt	Yes	Postal vote
Malta	06th	Sat. 25.	16/18	01	Yes	-	STV	-	Survey
Netherlands	26 (+3)	Thursday 23.	18/18	01	Yes	kiesdeler (≈3.85%)	D'Hondt	-	Surveys , postal votes, delegated voting
Austria	18 (+1)	Sun. 26.	16/18	01	Yes	4%	D'Hondt	-	Polls , postal votes
Poland	51 (+1)	Sun. 26.	18/21	13 *	-	5%	D'Hondt (sub-distribution: Hare / Niemeyer)	-	Survey
Portugal	21st	Sun. 26.	18/18	01	-	-	D'Hondt	-	Survey
Romania	32 (+1)	Sun. 26.	18/23	01	-	5%	D'Hondt	-	Survey
Sweden	20 (+1)	Sun. 26.	18/18	01	Yes	4%	Sainte-Laguë (modified)	-	Polls , postal votes
Slovakia	13 (+1)	Sat. 25.	18/21	01	Yes	5%	Quota procedure	-	Survey
Slovenia	08th	Sun. 26.	18/18	01	Yes	-	D'Hondt	-	Polls , postal votes
Spain	54 (+5)	Sun. 26.	18/18	01	-	-	D'Hondt	-	Polls , postal votes
Czech Republic	21st	Fri. 24th / Sat. 25th	18/21	01	Yes	5%	D'Hondt	-	Survey
Hungary	21st	Sun. 26.	18/18	01	-	5%	D'Hondt	-	Polls , postal votes
United Kingdom	73 (-73)	Thursday 23.	18/18	12	-	-	D'Hondt Northern Ireland: STV	-	Surveys , postal votes, delegated voting
Cyprus	06th	Sun. 26.	18/21	01	Yes	1.8%	Quota procedure	Yes	Survey
EU country with European elections	Seats	Date May 2019	Voting age ( active / passive)	electoral circles	Preferential vote	blocking clause	Seat allocation procedure	Elective compulsory	Others

^* national balance

European elections and Brexit

→ Main article : 2019 UK European elections

The British government had originally set March 29, 2019 midnight Central European Time as the time for the United Kingdom to leave the EU (“Brexit”). In March, the date was initially postponed to April 12, 2019, with the option of postponing it to May 22, 2019, the day before the European elections. On April 10, the British House of Commons instructed Prime Minister Theresa May to postpone the exit. The European Council agreed to this and agreed that the exit date would be 31 October 2019 at the latest. However, the exit can also take place earlier if an agreement is reached.

As the exit did not take place before the date of the European elections, the United Kingdom held an election to the European Parliament. The British Electoral Commission had set aside almost a million pounds early on for the election. The distribution of seats among the member states in the 2019 election corresponded to that of the 2014 European elections. The adjusted, new distribution of seats will come into force after the designated completion of Brexit.

If there had been a Brexit before the European elections, it would also have been unclear whether British citizens (without further EU citizenship) could be elected to other EU countries. If the United Kingdom had left on May 22nd at the latest, they would no longer have been eligible to vote on election day. However, since it was unclear when the exit would take place, the German federal electoral committee, for example, admitted a British candidate to the list of the Volt party and the Austrian NEOS placed a British national in 9th place, whom it would have deleted if the United Kingdom had left early would.

Further elections on the same election day

In some countries, other elections were held at the same time.

• In Belgium constitutionally took place parallel to the European elections
  • the election of the Belgian Chamber of Deputies
  • as well as the Flemish Parliament ,
  • of the Walloon Parliament ,
  • of the Parliament of the German-speaking Community
  • and the Parliament of the Brussels-Capital Region .
• In Germany took place parallel to the European elections
  • the general election in Bremen took place. Added to that
  • the local elections in Baden-Wuerttemberg , Brandenburg , Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania , Rhineland-Palatinate , Saxony , Saxony-Anhalt , Thuringia and Saarland
  • as well as the district assembly elections in Hamburg .
• Local elections and referendums were held in Ireland.
• In Lithuania, the runoff election for the presidential election was held.
• In Spain, elections to regional parliaments took place in 12 of the 17 autonomous communities . There were also elections for provincial parliaments, local councils and island parliaments.
• The election for mayor took place in Leonding (Upper Austria).

On the other hand, a planned postponement of the parliamentary elections in Finland 2019 was rejected, it took place on April 14, 2019.

Starting position

Distribution of seats in the European Parliament by political group and registered parties before the election (as of February 1, 2020)

fraction		MEP	European party		MEP *
	Group of the European People's Party (EPP)	187		European People's Party (EPP)	181
	Progressive Alliance of Social Democrats (S&D)	146		Party of European Socialists (PES)	134
	European Conservatives and Reformists (EKR)	62		Alliance of Conservatives and Reformers in Europe (ACRE)	51
				European Christian Political Movement (ECPM)	4th
	Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE)	69		Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE)	66
				European Democratic Party (EDP)	9
	United European Left / Nordic Green Left (GUE / NGL)	39		Party of the European Left (EL)	20th
	Greens / European Free Alliance (G / EFA)	68		European Green Party (EGP)	54
				European Free Alliance (EFA)	9
	Europe of Freedom and Direct Democracy (EFDD)	42
	Europe of Nations and Freedom (ENF)	36		Movement for a Europe of Nations and Freedoms (MENL)	61
	Non-attached (NI)	29
Number of MPs		751			*

^* Not all MPs belonged to a European party.

Parties, groupings and top candidates

Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker did not run as a top candidate again in 2019.

Before the election, the European Parliament and the President of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker spoke out in favor of the top candidate of the strongest party or coalition that unites a majority holding the highest office in the EU. H. Juncker's successor as President of the European Commission. All major parliamentary groups put up top candidates.

The Lisbon Treaty provides for the post of Commission President: “The European Council shall, after appropriate consultations, propose to the European Parliament, by a qualified majority, a candidate for the post of President of the Commission; Taking into account the results of the European elections. "is chosen, the Commission President by the European Parliament, which inter at the European Council before and after the election fractionally to maintaining the leading candidates principle urged reached by that time also Juncker in his office. Parliament cannot choose its own candidate.

On July 2, the governments of the member states agreed to propose the German Federal Minister of Defense Ursula von der Leyen ( CDU ) as President of the EU Commission to the Parliament of the European Union . The “Spitzenkandidat model” was not reflected in this proposal. Many parliamentarians and various politicians in the nation states did not like the decision in favor of von der Leyen, since the solution “was not democratic”, because von der Leyen was not positioned as a top candidate. On July 16, Parliament finally elected von der Leyen as President of the European Commission.

Top candidates of the European political parties

Manfred Weber	Frans Timmermans	Margrethe Vestager	Jan Zahradil	Ska basement	Bas Eickhout	Violeta Tomič	Nico Cué	Oriol Junqueras
Christian Democrats ( EPP )	Social Democrats ( PES )	Liberals ( ALDE )	Conservatives ( AKRE )	Greens ( EGP )		Left ( EL )		Free Alliance ( EFA )

The top candidates of the European party families in the TV duel in the converted Brussels plenary hall

Overview of parties, parliamentary groups and other groupings

Registered European political parties

European People's Party

The European People's Party was the party with the most votes in the European Parliament at the time of the election. The incumbent Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker came from the ranks of the EPP and had announced that he would not be available for another term of office. Applicants for his successor were the Finnish ex-prime minister and current vice-president of the European Investment Bank Alexander Stubb and the EPP group leader Manfred Weber . Manfred Weber was elected EPP top candidate at a party conference on November 8, 2018 with 79.2 percent of the vote. In Germany the CDU and CSU belong to the EPP party family, in Austria the ÖVP . In the 2019 election, the CDU / CSU received 29 seats in the European Parliament, the ÖVP 7.

The EPP represents conservative , Christian democratic and pro-European positions.

European Social Democratic Party

The leading candidate of the PES and the S&D group was the incumbent First Vice-President Frans Timmermans . His only opposing candidate, Vice Commissioner Maroš Šefčovič , withdrew his candidacy in early November 2018. The top candidate was formally elected at a party congress on December 7th and 8th, 2018 in Lisbon . In Germany the SPD competes for the S&D, in Austria the SPÖ . In the 2019 election, the SPD won 16 seats in the European Parliament, the SPÖ 5.

The PES represents social democratic , socialist and pro-European positions.

Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe

On November 9, 2018, the European party Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE) and the party La République en Marche (LREM) of French President Emmanuel Macron agreed on an alliance for the European elections. The European Democratic Party (EDP), to which Macron's partner party MoDem belongs, is also part of the previous ALDE group . In Germany the FDP belongs to the ALDE, in Austria the NEOS . In the 2019 election, the FDP received 5 seats in the European Parliament and the NEOS received one.

The ALDE party takes liberal positions. It was traditionally one of the parties that were one of the strongest advocates for a united Europe and wanted to deepen European integration significantly, but with the connection to LREM this integrative profile lost its substance.

The ALDE party did not put forward a top candidate, but rather the following Team Europe :

• Margrethe Vestager (Denmark, EU Commissioner, candidate for the Commission Presidency)
• Nicola Beer (Germany, top candidate FDP )
• Guy Verhofstadt (Belgium, ALDE parliamentary group leader, top candidate Open VLD )
• Violeta Bulc (Slovenia, EU Commissioner)
• Emma Bonino (Italy, former EU Commissioner, top candidate Più Europa )
• Luis Garicano (Spain, ALDE Vice-President, top candidate Ciudadanos )
• Katalin Cseh (Hungary, top candidate Momentum )

Alliance of Conservatives and Reformers in Europe

The Alliance of Conservatives and Reformers in Europe (AKRE) is a conservative , Eurosceptic and partly right-wing populist party. In addition to the European Christian Political Movement (ECPM), it is largely responsible for the ECR group . The AKRE's top candidate was its chairman Jan Zahradil ( ODS ). The German member is the LKR party , which received 0.1% of the vote and no seats in the 2019 election. The Family Party of Germany is very close to the EKR and won a mandate in the European Parliament in 2019, as in 2014.

European Green Party

The European Green Party (EGP) is next to the European Free Alliance the most important part of the Group of the Greens / European Free Alliance . The EGP traditionally competes with two top candidates in European elections. Ska Keller , who was one of the two top candidates in 2014 , and the Dutchman Bas Eickhout were chosen as the top candidates for the 2019 election at the 29th Congress of the European Green Party in Berlin on November 24, 2018. In Germany, Alliance 90 / The Greens stand for the EGP, in Austria the Greens . In the 2019 election, Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen achieved 21 seats in the European Parliament, the Greens 2.

The EGP represents green and left-wing liberal positions. It is one of the parties that are one of the strongest advocates for a united Europe and would like to further develop the integration of the EU.

Movement for a Europe of Nations and Freedom

The movement for a Europe of Nations and Freedom is a right-wing populist , national-conservative and Eurosceptic party. The previous ENF group wants to take on more members and re-establish itself under a new name. In addition to the previous ENF members, the alternative for Germany (AfD, previously EFDD parliamentary group), the Danish People's Party and the True Finns (both previously EKR parliamentary group) had declared joining the new parliamentary group . The leader of the Italian Lega , Matteo Salvini, was the unofficial lead candidate of the group . From Austria, the FPÖ is represented in the parliamentary group.

It is still unclear whether a common “right-wing parliamentary group” will come about, as Salvini or AfD co-chairman Jörg Meuthen is striving for. Neither the Polish PiS (ECR group) nor the Hungarian Fidesz (EPP group), both of which were courted by Salvini, expressed sympathy for the formation of a “right-wing group” before the election.

Steve Bannon , former advisor to US President Donald Trump , announced the establishment of a right-wing rallying movement under the name The Movement in autumn 2018 . However, the movement met with little response from the relevant parties.

In the 2019 election, the AfD won 11 seats in the European Parliament, the FPÖ 3.

Party of the European Left

The party of the European Left , often short European Left (EL), comprises 24 parties from 21 countries and at the time of the election made up 33 of the 52 members of the GUE / NGL parliamentary group . Like the GUE / NGL itself, membership of the EL is heterogeneous. The Slovenian MP Violeta Tomič and the Belgian trade unionist Nico Cué were the top candidates of the European left. In Germany, Die Linke competes for them , in Austria the list KPÖ PLUS - European Left - Open List . In the 2019 election, the left won 5 seats in the European Parliament, the KPÖ none.

European Free Alliance

The European Free Alliance (EFA) is an association of regional parties and parties of national minorities. Your twelve MPs at the time of the election were divided between the Greens / EFA and the EKR parliamentary groups . The top candidate was Oriol Junqueras from the Catalan ERC . At the time of his election, he was in custody in Spain because he was being tried for "rebellion" and misappropriation of public funds in connection with the controversial independence referendum of October 1, 2017 .

In Germany, the EFA member Bayernpartei has never won a mandate in the European Parliament, including in 2019.

European Democratic Party

The European Democratic Party (EDP) represents the smaller part of the members of the ALDE group in the European Parliament. It stands for centrist and pro-European positions and unites, for example, the MoDem from France, the Eusko Alderdi Jeltzalea from the Basque Country or the Free Voters from Germany. The EDP did not present any transnational top candidates for the 2019 European elections. In the 2019 election, the free voters won 2 seats in the European Parliament.

European Christian Political Movement

The European Christian Political Movement (ECPM) is an association of Christian conservative and Christian fundamentalist parties. Its six MEPs belong to the ECR group . In Germany, the ECPM member Alliance C joined, in Austria the CPÖ . In the 2019 election, Alliance C and CPÖ won no seats in the European Parliament.

Unregistered groupings

Europe of freedom and direct democracy

Europe of Freedom and Direct Democracy (EFDD) is a specialty among the political groups in the European Parliament in that the member parties are not united in a single registered party after the Alliance for Direct Democracy in Europe was dissolved in 2017. The dissolution of the group after the 2019 European elections is considered certain; the Italian MoVimento 5 Stelle has announced the exit from the EFDD parliamentary group and the establishment of a new parliamentary group .

Maintenant le Peuple

In April 2018, the three left movements or parties La France insoumise (FI, France), Podemos (Spain) and Bloco de Esquerda (BE, Portugal) published the Lisbon Declaration . In this they demand a “democratic revolution in Europe” and the overcoming of the “neoliberal” and “authoritarian” EU treaties. The alternative to this should be implemented at the European and, if necessary, also at the national level.

In June 2018, the three parties together with three Nordic left-wing parties formed the electoral alliance Maintenant le Peuple (English Now the people , German roughly Jetzt das Volk ). While BE, EL and Vas. are still members of the party of the European Left, the Parti de Gauche , which belongs to FI, decided to withdraw from the European Left on July 1, 2018. Before the election, nine European parliamentarians were assigned to the MLP. The MLP MPs are expected to join the GUE / NGL parliamentary group after the election.

European Spring / DiEM25

The Democracy in Europe Movement 2025 (DiEM25) was founded in early 2016 by the former Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis . DiEM25 originally saw itself as a Europe-wide network, but decided in November 2017 to run the European elections with partner parties. DiEM25 is committed to European integration, but calls for extensive democratization of the EU. For the European elections in 2019 founded DiEM25 the electoral alliance European Spring ( Spring ). At the time of the election, three European parliamentarians were assigned to the European Spring. Varoufakis was the movement's leading candidate across Europe and stood in Germany on the Democracy in Europe list - DiEM25 . For the voters in Northern and Central Europe, however, the movement played no role in the 2019 election.

Europe of direct democracy

The Italian Five Star Movement (M5S, previously EFDD parliamentary group) planned to found a new parliamentary group together with Kukiz'15 (Poland), Zivi Zid (Croatia) and Liike Nyt (Finland). M5S party leader Luigi Di Maio is also considering the participation of the French yellow vests movement in the new parliamentary group . The group should be called "Europe of Direct Democracy". With the exception of a mandate for Živi Zid, none of the aforementioned groups won a mandate in the elections.

Initiative of communist and workers' parties

The initiative of communist and workers' parties to research and develop European issues and to coordinate their activities was founded in 2013 on the initiative of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE). The KKE, which is the only member of the initiative with mandates in the European Parliament, left the GUE / NGL parliamentary group after the 2014 election .

Smaller unregistered parties and groups

The following unregistered parties and party alliances took part (in alphabetical order):

• Alliance of European National Movements (AENM; 0 MEPs; non-attached or EFDD)
• Alliance for Peace and Freedom (APF; 2 MEPs; non-attached)
• Animal Politics EU (1 MEP; GUE / NGL Group)
• Europe - Democracy - Esperanto (E – D – E)
• European Federalist Party
• European Pirate Party (PPEU; 1 MEP; Greens / EFA Group)
• Feminists United Network Europe (FUN Europe)
• Volt Europe (Volt)

In the 2019 election, the party Mensch Umwelt Tierschutz (Animal Politics EU), the Pirate Party Germany (PPEU) and Volt Germany (Volt) each won a mandate in the European Parliament.

National parties without a European party family

In European elections, eligible voters can not only choose from parties that belong to a European party or a European alliance, but also choose other national parties and independent applicants without any connection to European parties or parliamentary groups. The national parties can be found in articles on national elections . In the 2019 European elections in Germany, two parties without a European party family were successful. The party with the apronym PARTEI won two mandates and the ÖDP one.

Forecasts

No Europe-wide polls were created for the European elections. Various institutes and sites formed a projection of the distribution of seats following the 2019 election based on national surveys. The projections generally related to the existing parliamentary groups and did not yet take into account any possible dissolution or the formation of new parliamentary groups. (An exception was the “dynamic scenario” of the projections by “The (European) Federalist”, which was based on certain assumptions about the reforming of the political groups. Numbers in italics denote values ​​that are insufficient to form a political group).

The forecasts have been published since May 2017 (taking into account the withdrawal of the United Kingdom ). Brexit will reduce the total number of seats in the new parliament to 705. Due to recent political developments, some organizations also offered a “with UK” scenario. On April 10, 2019, the European Council decided to postpone the Brexit deadline to October 31, 2019. The United Kingdom therefore took part in the 2019 European elections.

Last predictions before the election

date	source	GUE / NGL	G / EFA	S&D	ALDE °	EPP	EKR	EFDD	ENF	Legal populists §	Left populists §	moderate §	Non-attached	More *
Current Parliament (as of February 1, 2020)		39	68	146	69	187	62	42	36	-	-	-	29	-
May 19, 2019	EuropeanElectionsStats.eu (with UK; with new groups)	50	58	151	73 &	177	52	19 (potential M5S group)	74 (potential EAPN group)	50	2	45 (including 20 En Marche)	-	-
May 19, 2019	EuropeanElectionsStats.eu (without UK; with new groups)	49	49	140	66 &	184	46	21 (potential M5S group)	78 (potential EAPN group)	25th	2	45 (including 22 En Marche)	-	-
May 14, 2019	EuropeanElectionsStats.eu (with UK; with new groups)	48	57	147	76 &	183	52	19 (potential M5S group)	73 (potential EAPN group)	47	2	47 (including 21 En Marche)	-	-
May 14, 2019	EuropeanElectionsStats.eu (without UK; with new groups)	49	49	137	69 &	191	43	21 (potential M5S group)	76 (potential EAPN group)	23	2	45 (including 22 En Marche)	-	-
05/09/2019	The (European) federalist ("dynamic scenario with UK")	52	60	155	102	166	89	-	98	-	-	-	29	-
05/09/2019	The (European) federalist ("base scenario with UK")	52	54	155	97	175	64	20th	75	-	-	-	16	43
05/09/2019	The (European) federalist ("dynamic scenario without UK")	54	51	141	100	171	77	-	102	-	-	-	9	-
05/09/2019	The (European) federalist ("base scenario without UK")	54	45	141	95	183	51	1	79	-	-	-	15th	40
Composition July 1, 2014		52	50	191	67	221	70	48	37 #	(12) §	(3) §	-	15th	-

Calculations from before May 2019 with Brexit seat reallocation

date source GUE / NGL G / EFA S&D ALDE ° EPP EKR EFDD ENF Legal populists § Left populists § moderate § Non-attached More * Current Parliament (as of February 1, 2020) 39 68 146 69 187 62 42 36 - - - 29 - 04/16/2019 EuropeanElectionsStats.eu (with UK) 48 57 148 73 & 177 58 40 63 35 3 49 - - 04/16/2019 EuropeanElectionsStats.eu (excluding UK) 51 50 132 67 & 185 47 27 57 39 3 47 - - March 14, 2019 eu19.eu 51 47 143 101 178 58 24 ö 83 - - - - 20th 07.03.2019 EuropeanElectionsStats.eu 50 42 143 68 & 183 45 34 59 41 3 37 - - 03/06/2019 The (European) federalist ("dynamic scenario") 47 54 140 115 165 94 - 80 - - - 10 - 03/06/2019 The (European) federalist ("base scenario") 47 53 140 109 173 58 11 59 - - - 10 45 04.03.2019 EU19.eu 52 47 141 94 185 59 25 ö 83 - - - - 19th 02/26/2019 EU19.eu 51 54 144 99 173 59 26 ö 83 - - - - 21st 02/24/2019 EuropeanElectionsStats.eu 50 43 139 68 & 185 46 34 59 40 3 38 - - 07/01/2019 The (European) federalist ("dynamic scenario") 57 50 130 95 185 91 z - 86 - - - 11 - 07/01/2019 The (European) federalist ("base scenario") 57 49 130 90 181 58 14 x 63 - - - 11 52 11/29/2018 EuropeanElectionsStats.eu 56 42 140 76 & 186 43 35 56 36 3 32 - - 11/13/2018 The (European) federalist ("dynamic scenario") 57 48 137 100 184 64 - 105 y - - - 10 - 11/13/2018 The (European) federalist ("base scenario") 56 47 137 93 182 49 21 x 62 - - - 10 48 11/12/2018 Europe Elects 60 45 136 98 172 54 48 61 - - - 10 21st 28.10.2018 EuropeanElectionsStats.eu 58 40 136 77 & 186 42 38 53 38 3 34 - - 10/10/2018 EuropeanElectionsStats.eu 59 39 140 74 & 184 43 40 53 37 3 33 - - September 18, 2018 The (European) federalist ("dynamic scenario") 61 42 140 55 (En Marche) + 49 (ALDE) 178 90 - 80 - - - 10 - September 18, 2018 The (European) federalist ("base scenario") 60 42 140 95 178 50 21 x 59 - - - 10 50 05.09.2018 EuropeanElectionsStats.eu 56 34 140 75 & 185 44 38 53 40 4th 35 - - 08/13/2018 Europe Elects 60 36 137 104 179 50 49 55 - - - 10 25th 07/23/2018 The (European) federalist ("dynamic scenario") 58 38 145 56 (En Marche) + 53 (ALDE) 177 90 - 78 - - - 10 - 07/23/2018 The (European) federalist ("base scenario") 57 38 145 102 177 50 22 x 56 - - - 10 48 07/06/2018 Europe Elects 58 34 141 110 185 44 49 52 - - - 9 23 May 31, 2018 The (European) federalist 55 37 137 103 178 43 23 x 46 - - - 12 44 May 18, 2018 Europe Elects 61 32 141 112 179 42 58 47 - - - 12 21st April 18, 2018 Europe Elects 60 33 143 112 180 42 58 46 - - - 9 22nd 04/05/2018 The (European) federalist 58 33 137 104 180 41 23 x 44 - - - 12 46 02/05/2018 The (European) federalist 65 33 142 102 179 47 42 41 - - - 11 16 December 15, 2017 The (European) federalist 56 30th 142 109 196 45 37 36 - - - 9 18th 16.10.2017 The (European) federalist 55 28 150 106 192 45 38 37 - - - 12 15th 08/23/2017 The (European) federalist 57 24 149 108 196 42 29 44 - - - 12  17th 06/28/2017 The (European) federalist 55 23 155 109 201 38 28 42 - - - 11  16 05/04/2017 The (European) federalist 46 28 170 82 198 35 27 59 - - - 12  21st Composition July 1, 2014 52 50 191 67 221 70 48 37 # (12) § (3) § - 15th -

Calculations from 2017 and earlier, without the Brexit seat reallocation

date source GUE / NGL G / EFA S&D ALDE EPP EKR EFDD ENF + f'los More * 06/14/2017 Europeanmeter 61 29 189 102 199 71 29 44 27 - 05/04/2017 EU federalist 47 35 186 88 198 68 36 59 13  21st 03/29/2017 Europeanmeter 58 29 188 75 188 74 40 48 51 - 03/06/2017 EU federalist 50 35 182 80 191 69 48 60 14th  22nd 03/01/2017 Europeanmeter 54 31 185 85 174 81 42 51 48 - January 17, 2017 EU federalist 48 40 180 82 191 63 48 68 14th  17th 07/01/2017 Europeanmeter 63 28 170 82 189 71 38 60  49 - December 01, 2016 Europeanmeter 57 35 176 81 195 72 38 57 42 - 11/16/2016 EU federalist 48 38 182 91 194 65 47 61 13 12 10/31/2016 Europeanmeter 71 30th 171 75 191 73 41 61 38 - 10/01/2016 Europeanmeter 57 31 179 82 194 71 42 64 31 - 09/13/2016 EU federalist 47 38 181 91 189 62 53 63 14th 13 09/01/2016 Europeanmeter 59 32 176 86 189 74 40 54 32 - 08/15/2016 Europeanmeter 58 32 184 86 191 72 40 60 21st - 07/28/2016 EU federalist 48 39 185 90 192 59 54 61 13 10 07/13/2016 Europeanmeter 57 31 187 92 202 67 36 58 21st - 06/23/2016 Europeanmeter 61 32 179 88 183 74 46  61 27 - 06/01/2016 Europeanmeter 59 35 177 83 186 76 63 45 27 - 05/26/2016 EU federalist 55 40 174 85 187 63 51 70 14th  12 05/01/2016 Europeanmeter 66 27 178 89 187 69 56 49 23 - 04/06/2016 EU federalist 52 37 179 85 192 72 50 53 15th  16 04/02/2016 Europeanmeter 58 30th 177 87 205 84 37 48 25th - 03/01/2016 Europeanmeter 65 27 183 99 186 81 37 48 25th - 02/01/2016 EU federalist 51 34 183 82 196 70 51 55 12  17th 02/01/2016 Europeanmeter 69 27 186 79 191 86 39 51 23 - 04/01/2016 Europeanmeter 66 28 187 95 194 76 37 48 20th - 12/16/2015 EU federalist 52 33 185 87 192 68 52 53 12 17th 12/02/2015 Europeanmeter 61 33 186 82 197 91 37 47 17th - 10/30/2015 Europeanmeter 61 31 203 75 197 88 42 42 12 - 10/17/2015 EU federalist 51 33 193 75 204 66 51 54 12 12 08/21/2015 EU federalist 56 35 190 74 204 70 47 49 11 15th 06/30/2015 EU federalist 61 34 188 73 205 69 43 47 11 20th 05/03/2015 EU federalist 60 32 193 80 205 62 44 51 15th 09 03/10/2015 EU federalist 60 31 196 77 216 60 43 49 12 07th 01/12/2015 EU federalist 65 40 190 70 212 59 47 43 17th 08th 11/18/2014 EU federalist 60 42 195 69 212 59 47 43 16 08th 09/23/2014 EU federalist 53 39 196 67 223 61 47 40 15th 10 07/28/2014 EU federalist 56 47 191 75 215 66 44 40 13 04th Composition July 1, 2014 52 50 191 67 221 70 48 37 # 15th -

^* Parties not previously represented in parliament without membership in a European party

⁺until May 2015 values ​​of the European parties EAF and MENL

^#Members of the parties who announced that they would form a parliamentary group before the election. The parliamentary group could not be formed to constitute parliament.

^°including La République en Marche

^xwithout MoVimento 5 digit

^ö Movimento 5-digit fraction

^§ EuropeanElectionsStats.eu categorized all parties that did not yet belong to a parliamentary group (“non-parliamentary group” and “others”) in the three political categories “far right”, “far left” and “moderate”.

^&As it was not yet clear that La République en Marche would join ALDE, EuropeanElectionsStats categorized it in the non-attached category "Others moderate"

^yTakes into account the statement by MoVimento 5-point MEP Marco Valli about his party's ENF accession, without M5S there are 81 seats

^zon the assumption that MoVimento 5stelle will join the FCR

background

In the run-up to the 2019 European elections, the Bertelsmann Foundation examined the attitudes and voting intentions of the population. After investigations of their platform "eupinions" a steadily increasing approval of the European Union could be ascertained. The Europeans, however, were increasingly skeptical of their institutions. In addition, the mood is characterized by an "anti-attitude" towards political parties.

Election result

Strongest national parties by membership of European parties :

EVP (13)

ALDE (6)

SPE (5)

ID (2)

EKR (1)

independent (1)

The turnout across Europe was 50.63%, which is significantly higher than in 2014 (42.6%) and the highest since 1994 . Traditionally, there was the highest turnout

• in Belgium (88.5%) and
• Luxembourg (84.2%), where voting is compulsory , and on
• Malta (72.7%).

The highest increase in voter turnout was in

• Poland (23.8% to 45.7%) and in
• Spain (43.8% to 60.7%).

As in 2014, it was lowest in Slovakia (22.7%), albeit with a strong increase (2014: 13.1%).

See also : List of members of the 9th European Parliament

Result according to political groups

fraction	EPP	S&D	EKR	ALDE	Greens / EFA	GUE / NGL	EFDD	ENF	Non-attached	New parties *	total
Seats in the outgoing parliament	216	184	77	069	52	52	42	36	20th	-	748
Seats after the election	176	150	61	ALDR + R # 104	69	38	54	58	08th	33	751
Sit after joining / crossing over	182	154	62	Renew 108	75	41	-	ID 73	56	-	751
Gains / losses compared to the outgoing parliament	-34	-30	-15	+39	+23	–11	-	+37	+36	-	+3
Seats after Brexit (likely)	187	148	62	097	68	40	-	76	27	-	705

^* Parties newly entered parliament without a European party family

^#ALDE parliamentary group, Renaissance (electoral alliance around LREM ) and USR - PLUS

Result according to European parties

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European political party		Mandates	Profit loss
	European People's Party (EPP)	174	-34
	Party of European Socialists (PES)	141	-38
	Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE)	80	+21
	Movement for a Europe of Nations and Freedom (MENL)	57	+30
	Alliance of Conservatives and Reformers in Europe (AKRE)	55	+15
	European Green Party (EGP)	54	+13
	European Left (EL)	19th	-14
	European Free Alliance (EFA)	12	± 00
	European Democratic Party (EDP)	10	± 00
	European Pirate Party (PPEU)	4th	+ 03
	Animal Politics EU	3	+ 01
	European Christian Political Movement (ECPM)	2	- 04th
	Initiative of communist and workers' parties in Europe	2	± 00
	Alliance for Peace and Freedom (APF)	2	± 00
	Volt Europe	1	+ 01
Non-party		135	-4

italics : unregistered parties

Distribution of seats by country

The following table contains the distribution of seats in the federal states, with the distribution among the political groups when Parliament was constituted on July 2, 2019. Its members had to report the groups by June 24, 2019. In brackets: Change of mandates after Brexit (according to the current status no later than October 31, 2019).

fraction country	GUE / NGL		S&D		Greens / EFA		RE		EPP		EKR		ID		f'los		Seats in parliament	Participation in%
European Union	41 (-1)		154 (–6)		75 (–7)		108 (–11)		182 (+5)		62 (± 0)		73 (+3)		56 (-29)		751 (-46)	50.6
Belgium	PTB-PVDA N	1	PS sp.a	2 1	Ecolo Groen	2 1	Open VLD MR	2 2	CD&V cdH CSP	2 1 1	N-VA	3	VB	3			21st	88.5
Bulgaria			E.G	5			DPS	3	GERB DB / DSB	6 1	IMRO	2					17th	32.6
Denmark	Tbsp	1	S.	3	SF	2	V RV	3 (+1) 2	Theatrical Version	1			DF K	1			13 (+1)	66.0
Germany	Left animal protection p.	5 1	SPD	16	Green ÖDP Pirate PARTY F Volt N	21 1 1 1 1	FDP FW	5 2	CDU CSU	23 6	family	1	AfD D	11	POLITICAL PARTY	1	96	61.4
Estonia			SDE	2			RE K	2 1	I.	0 (+1)			EKRE N	1			6 (+1)	37.6
Finland	VAS	1	SDP	2	VIHR	2 (+1)	KESK RKP	2 1	COOK	3			PS K	2			13 (+1)	40.7
France	Fi GRS	5 1	PS PP ND	2 (+1) 2 1	EELV AEI PNC Independent	8 (+1) 2 1 1	LREM N MoDem MRSL Agir Independent	10 (+1) 5 1 1 4 (+1)	LR LC	7 1			RN Independent	20 (+1) 2			74 (+5)	50.1
Greece	Syriza	6th	Kinal	2					ND	8th	EL N	1			KKE XA	2 2	21st	58.8
Ireland	I4C N SF Flanagan	2 1 1			Green	2	FF	1 (+1)	FG	4 (+1)							11 (+2)	49.7
Italy			PD	19th					FI SVP	6 (+1) 1	FdI	5 (+1)	Lega	28 (+1)	M5S D	14th	73 (+3)	54.5
Croatia			SDP	3 (+1)			IDS	1	HDZ	4th	HKS	1			Živi zid N Kolakušić N	1 1	11 (+1)	29.9
Latvia			SDPS	2	LKS	1	AP! N	1	JV	2	N / A	2					8th	33.5
Lithuania			LSDP	2	LVZS	2	DP LRLS	1 1	TS-LKD AMT N	3 1	LLRA	1					11	53.5
Luxembourg			LSAP	1	Gréng	1	DP	2	CSV	2							6th	84.2
Malta			PL	4th					PN	2							6th	72.7
Netherlands	PvdD	1	PvdA	6th	GL	3	VVD D66	4 (+1) 2	CDA 50PLUS N CU K	4 1 1	FvD N SGP	3 (+1) 1	PVV	0 (+1)			26 (+3)	41.9
Austria			SPÖ	5	Green	2 (+1)	NEOS	1	ÖVP	7th			FPÖ	3			18 (+1)	59.8
Poland			SLD Wiosna N	5 3					PO PSL	14 3	PiS SP	25 (+1) 1					51 (+1)	45.7
Portugal	BE CDU / PCP	2 2	PS	9	PAN N	1			PSD CDS-PP	6 1							21st	30.7
Romania			PSD PRO K S	8 (+1) 2			USR PLUS N	4 4	PNL UDMR PMP	10 2 2							32 (+1)	51.1
Sweden	V	1	S.	5	MP	2 (+1)	C L	2 1	M KD	4 2	SD	3					20 (+1)	55.3
Slovakia			SmerSD	3			PS	2	SPOLU N KDH OĽaNO K	2 1 (+1) 1	SaS	2			ĽSNS N	2	13 (+1)	22.7
Slovenia			SD	2			LMŠ	2	SDS SLS NSi	2 1 1							8th	28.9
Spain	UP / Podemos UP / IU UP / Independent AR / EH Bildu	2 2 1 1	PSOE	20 (+1)	AR / ERC UP / ICV	2 1	Cs EAJ-PNV	7 (+1) 1	PP	12 (+1)	Vox N	3 (+1)			JxCat N	2 (+1)	54 (+5)	60.7
Czech Republic	KSČM	1			Piráti N	3	ANO	6th	TOP 09 STAN KDU-ČSL	2 1 2	ODS	4th	SPD	2			21st	28.7
Hungary			DK MSZP	4 1			Momentum N	2	Fidesz KNDP	12 1					Jobbik	1	21st	43.4
United Kingdom	SF	1 (-1)	Lab	10 (-10)	Green SNP PC	7 (–7) 3 (–3) 1 (–1)	LibDem APNI N	16 (–16) 1 (–1)			Con	4 (-4)			Brexit D DUP	29 (–29) 1 (–1)	73 (-73)	36.9
Cyprus	AKEL	2	DIKO EDEK	1 1					DISY	2							6th	45.0

^N Newly entered parliament

^K Previously the EKR group

^D. Previously EFDD parliamentary group

^S. Previously S&D group

^F. Previously non-attached

literature

• Europe chooses . Themed edition of From Politics and Contemporary History , No. 4–5 / 2019.
• European Parliament elections . In: Information on political education . No. 339 / 2018–2019.

Web links

Voting (Netherlands)

Commons : European elections 2019  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Election to the 9th European Parliament in 2019 on the side of the Federal Returning Officer
• Offers from the Centers for Political Education in Germany:
  • Federal Agency for Civic Education:
    • Dossier European elections 2019 of the Federal Agency for Civic Education
    • Dossier European elections 2019 of the press review eurotopics
    • Voting guide for the 2019 European elections guides you step by step through the election process
  • State headquarters:
    • European elections 2019 on the information portal on political education
• Election programs at European level:
  • European Green Party
  • Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe and La République En Marche
  • European People's Party
  • European Social Democratic Party
• Overview of the European elections 2019 - Dossier on Deutschlandfunk

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87. ↑ https://www.lrt.lt/naujienos/lietuvoje/2/1071080/maldeikiene-europos-parlamente-dirbs-desiniuju-frakcijoje-papildytas
88. ↑ https://www.rd.nl/vandaag/buitenland/cu-en-sgp-in-eu-gescheiden-verder-1.1576369
89. ↑ https://www.libertatea.ro/stiri/europarlamentarii-pro-romania-corina-cretu-si-mihai-tudose-se-vor-alatura-familiei-social-democratilor-din-parlamentul-european-2677522