Every five years, citizens of the European Union are called to vote in the European elections to elect MEPs of the European Parliamentwhich is the only institution in the world that votes by universal suffrage.
This 2024, more than 370 million Europeans can vote directly for the 720 MEPs of the European Chamber. Estonia Electronic voting began this Monday and it is the only country that allows it. Netherlands The polls opened this Thursday, June 6, to elect 31 MEPs to the European Parliament.
On Friday, June 7, he voted Ireland. Between June 7 and 8, the Czech Republicand on Saturday they voted Latvia, Malta and Slovakia. This Sunday, June 9, it is the turn of the rest of the Member States, such as Spain.
The European elections arrive in a turbulent moment in the international order with the war in Ukraine, the elections in the United States next November and the emergence of extremist, populist and Eurosceptic currents.
On this election day, more than 38 million people are called to vote in Spain, according to the National Institute of Statistics (INE). In the case of Spaniards residing abroad, the census includes 2,422,515 voters. The majority of them live in Argentina (440,860) and France (245,544). But, How are the European elections going to be held this 9-J?
The importance of 9-J for Spain
The Spanish candidates to be MEPs in the European Parliament have maintained an electoral campaign in national keydespite increased visibility in the media and in various debates.
In the next legislature in the European Parliament, Spain will go from having 59 MEPs to 61, two more points after the departure of the United Kingdom from the European Union. In our country, the European elections will be held this Sunday, June 9, and the polling stations will open as on any election day so that the 38 million Spaniards can go to vote.
53% of the laws approved in Spain between 2019 and 2024 They derive from guidelines and decisions of the European Parliament.
According to an analysis by the European Parliament, there are regulations related to family conciliation, waste and the impact of plastics, the railway sector, CAP managementthe Audiovisual Communication Law or measures applied by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Spain has a total of 33 candidates for the European elections and voting is done in a single constituency system. As territorial formations have been forced to join forces To have a chance of winning a seat, it is possible that they increase the number of votes.
The political parties that did not obtain seats in the 2019 European elections have also had to contribute a minimum of 15,000 citizen signatures as collateral
Spain’s candidates for the European elections They have new bets from political formations, such as that of the PSOE with the third vice president and Minister of Ecological Transition, Teresa Ribera. His main rival is the head of the PP list, Dolors Montserratwho was already a candidate in 2019 and leads the polls in Spain.
Vox also aspires to achieve a broad result in Europe with its candidate Jorge Buxadewhich once again repeats the Europeans as the head of the list. On the left, Sumar attends the elections for the first time with Galan Star, former general director of the Spanish Commission for Refugee Assistance. For its part, Podemos appears alone in the elections with the former Minister of Equality Irene Montero.
Within the secessionist parties, the bets for the European ones are also repeated. Diana Riba He is the head of the coalition list Now Republics, made up of ERC, EH Bildu and BNG. For its part, Junts promotes Toni Cominwhile the PNV renews its bet with Oihane Agirregoitia and Ciudadanos has as a candidate Jordi Canas.
It must be taken into account that after the European elections, the nationalist formations are integrated into one of the seven groups of the European Parliament. The majority group is the European People’s Party, which is joined by the PPMeanwhile he PSOE goes to the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats. The liberals of Renew Europe are the third force in the European Parliament and have participated in the great community pacts, where they have been integrated Citizens and the PNV.
The fourth political group with the greatest representation are the Greens/European Free Alliancewhich have had the support of the BNG and ERC. Vox is grouped within the European Conservatives and Reformists, led and chaired by the Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni. To the right of him is Identity and Democracy, a group founded by Marine Le Pen and by Matteo Salvini. These formations aspire to form a far-right group in the European Parliament, although they have more differences than similarities.
To the left is the group The left in the European Parliament, where Podemos is located. There is also the Non-registered group, where they find the former president of the Generalitat Carles Puigdemont or his former counselor Toni Comin.
What time do the polling stations open on 9-J?
From 9:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m., Spaniards will be able to go to vote in their electoral college. The members of the polling station will have to identify the voters, verify that the person appears on the electoral roll and record the citizens on the numbered list of citizens, after they have voted.
At 8:00 p.m. the polling stations close and the voting period ends. At the moment, The members of the board place the voting ballots sent by mail into the ballot box. The presidents and members of the electoral table exercise their vote and sign the list to make way for the scrutiny.
When will the results of the elections be known?
The European Parliament plans to disseminate a first estimate of the composition of the new chamber at approximately 8:15-8:30 p.m. on Sunday, June 9. The first provisional results will be published from 11:15 p.m. after the closing of the polling stations in Italy.
In addition, the Spanish Government will offer participation data in the European elections at 2:00 p.m. and at 6:00 p.m..
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