Es ist Zeit, wählen zu gehen! Vom 6. bis zum 9. Juni haben dieses Jahr Millionen von EU-Bürgerinnen und EU-Bürgern die Gelegenheit, bei der Europawahl ihre Stimme abzugeben und damit die Zukunft der Europäischen Union mitzugestalten. Das Europäische Parlament ist das einzige direkt gewählte EU-Organ, und die Europawahl ist eine der weltweit größten Übungen in Demokratie. In dieser Folge werfen wir einen Blick auf das Wahlsystem bei der Europawahl. Ihre Stimme zählt – finden Sie heraus, wie.

Die Europawahl – kurz erklärt: Wie funktioniert das Wahlsystem?

European elections represent a crucial moment: they give EU citizens a say in the political direction of the European Union. After declining ever since the first European direct elections in 1979, electoral turn out increased in the 2019 elections to reach 50.6 % largely due to youth participation (according to a post-election Eurobarometer survey). Echoing the 2019 motto 'This time I'm voting', the 2024 one might be: 'I did it again!' The 2024 European elections could be a turning point for youth engagement for several reasons

EPRS Policy Podcast - Young Europeans go to the polls: Issues to watch in 2024

Die EU ist eine politische und wirtschaftliche Union mit 27 Mitgliedstaaten. Auch einige Drittstaaten haben Interesse an einer EU-Mitgliedschaft und bereits einen Beitrittsantrag gestellt. Derzeit gibt es neun Bewerberländer. Doch der Weg zur EU-Mitgliedschaft ist lang und der Aufnahmeprozess alles andere als einfach.

Wie funktioniert die Erweiterung der Europäischen Union?

Gender-balanced representation among the decision-makers of the European Union is an important step towards full realisation of the principle of equality between women and men enshrined in the EU Treaties. The Union has made steady and significant progress, starting from a very low presence of women among EU Commissioners and Members of the European Parliament at the time when those institutions were created. The European Parliament is today one of the world's most gender-balanced representative assemblies, but there are still significant divergences between EU countries.

EPRS Policy Podcast - Towards gender balance in the European elections: Electoral quotas

The coronavirus has taken a heavy toll on our lives, our economies, our societies but also on electoral processes around the world, with many elections being postponed in order to protect citizens’ health. But this involves a delicate balancing act between ensuring the democratic right to vote and a government’s responsibility to protect public health. So, what can we learn from experience?

EPRS policy podcast - Impact of the pandemic on elections around the world: From safety concerns to political crises

Dass die Europawahl vor der Tür steht, haben Sie sicher auch schon gehört. Aber wussten Sie auch, dass Sie das Recht haben, zur Wahl zu gehen oder sogar als Kandidat anzutreten – und das unabhängig davon, wo in der EU Sie leben? Zwei weitere wichtige Dinge sollten Sie vor der Wahl noch wissen:

Das tut Europa für Wähler bei der Europawahl

Ist für Sie die Demokratie der Schlüssel zur Sicherheit in der Welt und zur weltweiten Achtung der Menschenrechte? Möchten Sie sich für mehr Demokratie auf der Welt starkmachen? Das geht ganz einfach – und zwar so:

Das tut Europa für Wahlbeobachter

On 19 March 1958, the European Parliamentary Assembly hold a first meeting in Strasbourg. Luciano GRANZOTTO BASSO, Oldest member of the Assembly leads the election. The representatives elect Robert Schuman as President. He is the single candidate at the function.

Constitutive session of the European Parliamentary Assembly: election of Robert SCHUMAN, as President of the Assembly

The 1979 European elections were parliamentary elections held across all 9 (at the time) European Community member states.

They were the first European elections to be held, allowing citizens to elect 410 MEPs to the European Parliament, and also the first international election in history. Seats in the Parliament had been allocated to the states according to population, and in some cases were divided into constituencies, but members sat according to political groups.

40th Anniversary of the first elections to the European Parliament by direc

In May, hundreds of millions of citizens will elect a new European Parliament. EU citizens will carefully evaluate candidates and programmes, before making choices that will shape the future of our continent and our role in the world for years to come.

Election Days - 23-26 May 2019

Election observation is a highly visible demonstration of the European Union's commitment to supporting democracy and promoting human rights around the world.

It contributes to strengthening democratic institutions, building public confidence in electoral processes, helping to deter fraud, intimidation and violence, especially in fragile, post-conflict or developing regions. It also complements other key EU foreign policy objectives, particularly peace-building.

International election observation

Observing Election Day is one of the principal ways the European Parliament supports democracy.

Because MEPs are the EU's only directly elected representatives, their contribution is essential. With personal experience of campaigns, issues of financing and the work of representing citizens, MEPs bring political legitimacy to observation missions.

Over more than three decades, the European Parliament has observed several hundred elections. Every year, MEPs travel to as many as a dozen countries across the world.
Observing Election Day is one of the principal ways the European Parliament supports democracy.

Election Observation Missions

On Wednesday 18 January 2023, in a secret vote, Marc ANGEL (S&amp;D, LU) received an absolute majority of votes cast and was elected to the office of European Parliament Vice-President.

Election of the Vice-Presidents of the European Parliament

During the plenary session in November II 2019, Ursula von der Leyen,&nbsp;President-elect of the EC, presents her team and programme. Parliament voted the entire list of candidates proposed by the President-elect and the Council by simple majority in a roll call vote. The college of Commissioners and their programme is approved. Results of the vote: 461 in favour, 157 against and 89 abstentions.

Parliament’s Conference of Presidents declared the Commissioner-designate hearings process complete on Thursday 21 November 2019.

The new European Commission officially takes up its duties on 1 December 2019.

Election of the 2019-2024 Commission

Between 23 and 26 May, European citizens will be called upon to cast their votes for their representatives in the European Parliament. 
The elections this year coincide with the 40th anniversary of the first elections to the European Parliament by direct universal suffrage, which were held in June 1979 in the nine countries that were then members of the European Community. The Historical Archives of the European Parliament, guardians of the Parliament’s memory, are celebrating this 40th anniversary by sharing online some of its collection of the institutional electoral posters that were produced between 1979 and 2014 to inform European citizens about the importance of voting.

European elections - Archives of the European Parliament

Launch of the 20 KM of Brussels race

Fottball tournament with player Amadou Onana

Joint Press Conference of the Election Observation Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina – Preliminary statement of the EU election observation mission

EU Election Observation Mission to Kenya– Joint Press Conference

EU Election Observation Mission to Colombia – Joint Press Conference

EU Election Observation Mission to Lebanon – Joint Press Conference

Press conference by Domènec RUIZ DEVESA on the Election of the Members of the European Parliament by direct universal suffrage

Press conference by Dragos Tudorache , Lead Member Democracy Support and Election Coordination Group, on programme Jean Monnet Dialogue with the Moldovan Parliament

Joint press conference of the International Election Observation mission in Serbia

Live statement of the EU Election Observation Mission of the parliamentary elections in Colombia

Press conference by Chief Observer Norbert Neuser on preliminary results of the EU Election Observation Mission Gambia 2021 Presidential Election

Joint press conference on the election observation mission to the parliamentary elections in Moldova

In defence of democracy: The global state of parliamentarians’ rights - Joint conference of the Democracy Support and Elections Coordination Group and the Subcommittee on Human Rights - International Day of Parliamentarianism, 30 June 2021

Iratxe GARCÍA PÉREZ, S&D President, on EC Commission President Election

S&D Group press point following the Election Chair of the Group

European Election 2019 - Press points by Political group leaders

European Election Night 2019 – Conclusions by Jaume DUCH - European Parliament Spokesman

European Election Night 2019 – Statement by Nico CUÉ – lead candidate (EL)

European Election Night 2019 – Statement by Ska KELLER– lead candidate (Greens)

Media seminar - Safeguarding Democracy: the role of the media - European Elections 2024

Event Protecting the 2024 Elections : From Alarm to Action

Media Seminar- The Green Deal and its impact on national and European elections

2024 European elections campaign - big-sized European Elections visuals

Memorandum of Understanding ahead of the European Elections: Signing ceremony in presence of Roberta METSOLA, EP President, Vasco ALVES CORDEIRO, President of the CoR and Nadia CALVIÑO, President of the EIB

Signing Ceremony for the Memorandum of Understanding Cooperation in the Run-Up to the 2024 European Elections with the European Economic and Social Committee

2024 European elections campaign - ' 100 days ahead of the Elections ' display outside the Parlementarium in Brussels

TOGETHER promoting the European Elections 2024

Press Briefing: 100 days ahead of the European Elections 2024

Democracy: the role of the media - European Elections 2024 - Signature of the Memorandum of Understanding

Democracy: the role of the media - European Elections 2024

Article 17 TFEU - The importance of the Article 17 dialogue for raising awareness against disinformation and foreign interference as well as for achieving a high turnout at the European elections

2024 European elections campaign banner on the Agora Simone Veil of the European Parliament in Brussels

EU - Caribbean delegation meeting - Election of the new Chair

EP Plenary session - Council and Commission statements- Situation in Serbia following elections

CONT -  Election of the 1st Vice-Chair

Civil society organisations meet with the European Parliament’s 2023 Sakharov Prize laureate and finalists - Human rights as a pillar in the upcoming European elections

Press conference on the European Elections 2024 report

On 8 and 9 May, landmark buildings across the EU will be illuminated to mark Europe Day and “one month to go” to the last day before voting. This new item shows illuminations on the W Barcelona Hotel, popularly known as the Hotel Vela (Sail Hotel) due to its shape, in the Barceloneta district of Barcelona, the Arc of Triumph and on the skyscraper Torre Glòries in Barcelona (Spain).

European Elections 2024 - "One month to go": Illuminations in Barcelona (Spain)

On 8 and 9 May, landmark buildings across the EU will be illuminated to mark Europe Day and “one month to go” to the last day before voting. This new item shows illuminations in the historical site of Fort St. Angelo in Birgu (Malta).

European Elections 2024 - "One month to go": Illuminations in Birgu (Malta)

On 8 and 9 May, landmark buildings across the EU will be illuminated to mark Europe Day and “one month to go” to the last day before voting. This new item shows illuminations of the 18th century neoclassical Town Hall in Vilnius (Lithuania).

European Elections 2024 - "One month to go": Illuminations in Vilnius (Lithuania)

On 8 and 9 May, landmark buildings across the EU will be illuminated to mark Europe Day and “one month to go” to the last day before voting. This new item shows illuminations of the Urania Educational Center on the Danube Canal and the Hofburg, the official residence and workplace of the President of Austria, in Vienna (Austria).

European Elections 2024 - "One month to go": Illuminations in Vienna (Austria)

On 8 and 9 May, landmark buildings across the EU will be illuminated to mark Europe Day and “one month to go” to the last day before voting. This new item shows illuminations on the historical landmark of the Arc of Triumph in Paris (France).

European Elections 2024 - "One month to go": Illuminations in Paris (France)

On 8 and 9 May, landmark buildings across the EU will be illuminated to mark Europe Day and “one month to go” to the last day before voting. This new item shows illuminations of the Samuel Beckett Bridge (Irish: Droichead Samuel Beckett), a cable-stayed swing-bridge that joins Sir John Rogerson's Quay on the south side of the River Liffey to Guild Street and North Wall Quay in the Docklands area, in Dublin (Ireland).

European Elections 2024 - "One month to go": Illuminations in Dublin (Ireland)

On 8 and 9 May, landmark buildings across the EU will be illuminated to mark Europe Day and “one month to go” to the last day before voting. This new item shows illuminations of the EP Buildings in Brussels (Belgium).

European Elections 2024 - "One month to go": Illumination of the European Parliament buildings in Brussels

Hattest du schon einmal das Gefühl, dich aus einer Diskussion zurückzuziehen, weil der Ton zu aggressiv war und deine Meinung zwischen extremen Aussagen unterzugehen schien?

Das passiert normalerweise, wenn die extremsten Standpunkte künstlich aufgebauscht werden.

Durch eine Polarisierung der Debatte wollen die Verbreiter von Desinformationen uns glauben machen, dass die Unterschiede zwischen uns viel größer sind, als sie in Wirklichkeit sind, und es schwierig machen, Kompromisse zu schließen und Lösungen zu finden.

Schau dir dieses Video an, um zu erfahren, wie das funktioniert und wie du es vermeiden kannst, in diese Falle zu tappen.

Mehr über das Europäische Parlament und die Europawahlen kannst du hier lesen: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/portal/en

Wie Desinformation funktioniert Ep2: Säen von Spaltung - EE24

EP President Roberta METSOLA participates in the ceremony of the Partnership Agreement in the framework of European Elections 2024. The European Parliament is working with more than 500 civil society organisations to increase and widen its messaging to different audiences, to promote EU values and the importance of the European elections.

European Elections 2024 - Partnership Agreement: extracts of the ceremony with the participation of Roberta METSOLA, EP President

In the European Union, democracy may seem obvious to us today. But this has not always been the case. Not so long ago, millions of Europeans lived through times when they could not vote or even speak up freely. When their very lives could be in danger simply for being different, for holding different beliefs or for wanting a different life. Democracy is a precious gift passed on to us from previous generations. They aspired towards it and fought for it. Now it is up to us to maintain it, to make it stronger and pass it on to the generations to come. The most effective way to do so is by voting - because the more people vote, the stronger democracy becomes. On June 6-9 2024: Use your vote or others will decide for you.

Use your vote – European elections 2024 video – Trailer 3 Dubbed 16:9 - Swedish (Finland)

In the European Union, democracy may seem obvious to us today. But this has not always been the case. Not so long ago, millions of Europeans lived through times when they could not vote or even speak up freely. When their very lives could be in danger simply for being different, for holding different beliefs or for wanting a different life. Democracy is a precious gift passed on to us from previous generations. They aspired towards it and fought for it. Now it is up to us to maintain it, to make it stronger and pass it on to the generations to come. The most effective way to do so is by voting - because the more people vote, the stronger democracy becomes. On June 6-9 2024: Use your vote or others will decide for you.

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Launch of the 20 KM of Brussels race

Launch of the 20 KM of Brussels race

Launch of the 20 KM of Brussels race

Launch of the 20 KM of Brussels race

Launch of the 20 KM of Brussels race

Launch of the 20 KM of Brussels race

Launch of the 20 KM of Brussels race

Launch of the 20 KM of Brussels race

Launch of the 20 KM of Brussels race

Launch of the 20 KM of Brussels race

Launch of the 20 KM of Brussels race

Launch of the 20 KM of Brussels race

Launch of the 20 KM of Brussels race

Launch of the 20 KM of Brussels race

Launch of the 20 KM of Brussels race

Launch of the 20 KM of Brussels race

Fottball tournament with player Amadou Onana

Fottball tournament with player Amadou Onana