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.

VERHOFSTADT, Guy (Renew, BE)

Strasbourg

debate

plenary session

DZHAMBAZKI, Angel (ECR, BG)

ANNEMANS, Gerolf (ID, BE)

RANGEL, Paulo (EPP, PT)

SONNEBORN, Martin (NI, DE)

DURAND, Pascal (S&D, FR)

BENIFEI, Brando (S&D, IT)

PIMENTA LOPES, João (The Left, PT)

MAZUREK, Beata (ECR, PL)

CHAIBI, Leila (The Left, FR)

DELBOS-CORFIELD, Gwendoline (Greens/EFA, FR)

KOLAKUŠIĆ, Mislav (NI, HR)

BOESELAGER, Damian (Greens/EFA, DE)

BECK, Gunnar (ID, DE)

SIMON, Sven (EPP, DE)

BISCHOFF, Gabriele (S&D, DE)

2024 European elections (T)

Election of the members of the European Parliament by direct universal suffrage: MEPs debate (part 1/2)

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SOUNDBITE (Original), Sven SIMON (EPP, DE), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Gabriele BISCHOFF (S&amp;D, DE), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Guy VERHOFSTADT (Renew, BE), -

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

SOUNDBITE (Original), Guy VERHOFSTADT (Renew, BE), Blue card response

SOUNDBITE (Original), Damian BOESELAGER (Greens/EFA, DE), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Gerolf ANNEMANS (ID, BE), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Angel DZHAMBAZKI (ECR, BG), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Leila CHAIBI (The Left, FR), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Martin SONNEBORN (NI, DE), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Paulo RANGEL (EPP, PT), -

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

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

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

SOUNDBITE (Original), Brando BENIFEI (S&amp;D, IT), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Pascal DURAND (Renew, FR), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Pascal DURAND (Renew, FR), Blue card response

SOUNDBITE (Original), Maria GRAPINI (S&amp;D, RO), Blue card question

SOUNDBITE (Original), Gwendoline DELBOS-CORFIELD (Greens/EFA, FR), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Gunnar BECK (ID, DE), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Beata MAZUREK (ECR, PL), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Jo&#227;o PIMENTA LOPES (The Left, PT), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Mislav KOLAKU&#352;I&#262; (NI, HR), -