Next european elections they already have official date. The 27 permanent ambassadors of the EU agreed on Wednesday to hold the next European Parliament elections. 6 – 9 June 2024. Inside Spain voting day sunday 9 june. “The time has come. Reform. Change. To continue to listen, to continue to explain and to continue to comply. Regain the sense of hope and possibility offered by the EU. You have a choice. 6-9 June 2024. Vote,” he said. the president claimed European ParliamentMaltese conservative Roberta Metsola encouraged Europeans to go to the polls with a message she posted on social media.
Voting won’t just decide who gets to be new 705 MPs It will create the new half-cycle between 2024 and 2029 and who will be its president. It will also serve to describe the distribution of the rest. Senior officials of European institutions between different political families over the next five years and depending on the election results. These include, for example, the new head of European diplomacy as well as the presidency of the European Commission and Council of Europepositions currently held by German conservative Ursula von der Leyen and Belgian liberal Charles Michel. The latter has no option to repeat a new period, as the two and a half year cycle for which it was elected can only be renewed once, i.e. on June 1, 2022.
Voting in Spain will take place on Sunday, June 9th.
The future of von der Leyen
in case of Von der Leyen quite different. This German, who was formerly his country’s defense minister, may opt for a second term of five years, and although sources around him have confirmed to this newspaper, he has not made a decision yet, no one doubts that he is interested in continuing this post. He tied one more loop to his position on the rebound. His arrival at the Community Executive came as quite a surprise as he was not among the so-called ‘Spitzenkandidaten’, the system of list heads promoted by the country’s political groups. European Parliament.
Top of the list of European People’s Party in 2019, family to which he belongs Von der Leyen, was also the German Manfred Weber, who is currently chairing the PPE and the group at the Eurochamber, but his name was rejected by heads of state and European governments by burying the system of heads of lists and electing Germans. In any case, the probability of von der Leyen repeating his mandate will largely depend on whether the PPE will remain the first force in the assembly in which they sit. 59 Spanish deputies. According to the current distribution, the largest family is the socialist family with 21 deputies in front of PP (13), Ciudadanos (7), Vox (4), JxCat (3), ErC (2), Podemos (2). ), IU (2), PNV (1), BNG (1), Catalunya en comú (1), Anticapitalistas (1) and an independent (Javier Nart).