MEPs debate on a legislative proposal for a new European Electoral Act, aiming for common standards, a Union-wide constituency, and gender balance. The draft text foresees a system in which each voter should have two votes: one to elect MEPs in national constituencies, and one in an EU-wide constituency with 28 additional seats. The candidate lists for these seats would have to respect geographical representation and a new European Electoral Authority would be set up. MEPs also seek to turn the 27 separate elections that take place currently in EU countries (with their diverging systems and voting rights), in which citizens elect the Members of the European Parliament, into a real, single European election with common minimum standards.

Strasbourg

debate

plenary session

SILVA PEREIRA, Pedro (S&D, PT)

MÜLLER, Ulrike (Renew, DE)

GOZI, Sandro (Renew, FR)

NEGRESCU, Victor (S&D, RO)

HEINÄLUOMA, Eero (S&D, FI)

BILČÍK, Vladimír (EPP, SK)

HUHTASAARI, Laura (NI, FI)

HAIDER, Roman (ID, AT)

MARQUES, Margarida (S&D, PT)

RIPA, Manuela (Greens/EFA, DE)

ENGERER, Cyrus (S&D, MT)

2024 European elections (T)

Election of the members of the European Parliament by direct universal suffrage: MEPs debate (part 2/2)

SOUNDBITE (Original), Vladim&#237;r BIL&#268;&#205;K (EPP, SK), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Daniel FREUND (Greens/EFA, DE), Blue card question

SOUNDBITE (Original), Vladim&#237;r BIL&#268;&#205;K (EPP, SK), Blue card response

SOUNDBITE (Original), Damian BOESELAGER (Greens/EFA, DE), Blue card question

SOUNDBITE (Original), Pedro SILVA PEREIRA (S&amp;D, PT), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Helmut GEUKING (EPP, DE), Blue card question

SOUNDBITE (Original), Pedro SILVA PEREIRA (S&amp;D, PT), Blue card response

SOUNDBITE (Original), Sandro GOZI (Renew, FR), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Bogdan RZO&#323;CA (ECR, PL), Blue card question

SOUNDBITE (Original), Sandro GOZI (Renew, FR), Blue card response

SOUNDBITE (Original), Paulo RANGEL (EPP, PT), Blue card question

SOUNDBITE (Original), Sara SKYTTEDAL (EPP, SE), Blue card question

SOUNDBITE (Original), Manuela RIPA (Greens/EFA, DE), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Laura HUHTASAARI (ID, FI), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Michiel HOOGEVEEN (ECR, NL), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Helmut SCHOLZ (The Left, DE), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Eero HEIN&#196;LUOMA (S&amp;D, FI), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Ulrike M&#220;LLER (Renew, DE), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Roman HAIDER (ID, AT), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Cyrus ENGERER (S&amp;D, MT), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Margarida MARQUES (S&amp;D, PT), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Sara SKYTTEDAL (EPP, SE), Catch the eye

SOUNDBITE (Original), M&#243;nica Silvana GONZ&#193;LEZ (S&amp;D, ES), Catch the eye

SOUNDBITE (Original), Izaskun BILBAO BARANDICA (Renew, ES), Catch the eye

SOUNDBITE (Original), Daniel FREUND (Greens/EFA, DE), Catch the eye / shows a paper

SOUNDBITE (Original), Bogdan RZO&#323;CA (ECR, PL), Catch the eye

SOUNDBITE (Original), Clare DALY (The Left, IE), Catch the eye

SOUNDBITE (Original), Franc BOGOVI&#268; (EPP, SI), Catch the eye

SOUNDBITE (Original), Maria GRAPINI (S&amp;D, RO), Catch the eye

SOUNDBITE (Original), Ladislav IL&#268;I&#262; (ECR, HR), Catch the eye

SOUNDBITE (Original), Mick WALLACE (The Left, IE), Catch the eye

SOUNDBITE (Original), Helmut GEUKING (EPP, DE), Catch the eye