The European elections will be held between June 6 and 9, 2024

The new cycle of institutional renewal of the European Union already has a start date. The next elections to the European Parliament will be held between June 6 and 9, 2024, as decided this Wednesday by the ambassadors of the 27 in Brussels. In Spain the election day It will most likely be on Sunday June 9.

Our country chooses 59 MEPs of the 705 that make up the Eurochamber. In the current legislature, the PSOE has 21 seats, the PP 13, Ciudadanos 7 and Vox 4.

The result of the elections will be decisive in defining the new balance of power in the European Union and the distribution of high community positions. The most important thing is whether he will repeat or not Ursula von der Leyen another five years as President of the European Commission.

Since her surprise appointment in July 2019, the German Christian Democrat has managed to become the face of Europe for her management of the Covid vaccines, the Next Generation funds or the sanctions against Russia for its war in Ukraine.

Von der Leyen She has not yet revealed if she wants to be a candidate again, although no one in Brussels doubts that the answer is positive. In recent weeks several hagiographic profiles and interviews have been published in the Anglo-Saxon press that seem like the start of an electoral campaign.

According to the Treaty, it is the heads of State and Government of the EU who choose the president of the Commission, although for this they must take into account the result of the European elections. If the European People’s Party repeats its victory of May 2019 (as the first polls suggest), Von der Leyen would have a clear path for a second term.

The European Parliament has tried to arrogate itself more powers in the election of the president of the Commission with the system of European heads of list (or Spitzenkandidaten) of each one of the parties, which worked with Jean Claude Juncker. But European leaders killed this procedure in 2019 and it is unlikely to be revived again.

The result of the June 2024 elections will also determine who will be the next president of the European Parliament, replacing the popular Maltese Roberta Metsola. And what kind of coalition will support the new European Commission.

Von der Leyen currently works with a great coalition of popular, socialists and liberals, with occasional support from the greens. But the president of the European People’s Party, the German Manfred Weberwho failed in his attempt to chair the Commission in 2019, is exploring a right-wing coalition as an alternative to which he wants to add Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and her Brothers of Italy party.

“The European Union is constantly evolving. The world changes and we must change with it. We need reforms. We cannot be afraid of change. The EU is not perfect. We must accept it and continue to listen, explain and act”, Metsola said after know the dates of the elections.

“I encourage everyone to realize all the possibilities and hope that the European Union brings. vote. Don’t let anyone choose for you. Participate in the largest democratic exercise in Europe”, requested the president of the European Parliament.