Well, well, don't have a thread for that yet. Third-largest election on the planet by constituency, for 751 seats representing some 500+ million people.
Voting days are:
- May 22nd : 99 seats : United Kingdom, Netherlands
- May 23rd : 32 seats : Czech Republic (also 24th), Ireland
- May 24th : 88 seats : France (also 25th), Latvia, Malta
- May 25th : 532 seats : everyone else
Results may not be released for any of the subconstituencies before the election concludes on sunday, 8 pm.
The various parties existing in the subconstituencies form paneuropean parties or vote blocs in parliament after the election. In order to form such a party, a minimum of 25 representatives have to join together. The last projection i've seen, from May 21st, expects the following results:
29.2% / 219 seats (-6.6%) : European People's Party (christian democrats and other conservatives)
26.9% / 202 seats (+1.4%) : Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats (social-democrats)
9.45% / 71 seats (-1.4%) : Alliance of Liberals and Democrats (non-Greenish center-right and center-left liberals)
7.59% / 57 seats (+3.6%) : Europe of Freedom and Democracy (anti-european hodgepodge incl. UKIP)
6.79% / 51 seats (+2.2%) : Confederation of United European Left and Northern Green Left (socialists)
6.66% / 50 seats (-0.8%) : European Conservatives and Reformists (Tory-centered national conservatives)
5.59% / 42 seats (-1.7%) : European Free Alliance (Greens and a handful Pirates)
4.79% / 36 seats (*) : European Alliance for Freedom (French, Italian, Dutch and Austrian nazis)
3.06% / 23 seats (*) : other parties (fringe parties, Hungarian and German nazis)
* EAF would be a newly formed bloc. "Others" including these parties currently hold 4.3% of seats, i.e. a gain of +3.5% is expected. This gain would mostly stem from the expected rise of Front National in France.
Seat distribution majorly favours parties in smaller nations - the largest state, Germany, holds one seat per 850,000 people (similar number in France and UK), while the smallest state, Malta, holds one seat per 75,000 people. Attempts to change this in various ways over the past decade have failed.
Since there is no European government, no actual "government"/"opposition" blocs are formed by these parties. Voting in parliament occurs in adhoc alliances, however there has always been an informal grand coalition between EPP and S&D holding the absolute majority together. Everyone else just forms right and left wings around that coalition.
Voting days are:
- May 22nd : 99 seats : United Kingdom, Netherlands
- May 23rd : 32 seats : Czech Republic (also 24th), Ireland
- May 24th : 88 seats : France (also 25th), Latvia, Malta
- May 25th : 532 seats : everyone else
Results may not be released for any of the subconstituencies before the election concludes on sunday, 8 pm.
The various parties existing in the subconstituencies form paneuropean parties or vote blocs in parliament after the election. In order to form such a party, a minimum of 25 representatives have to join together. The last projection i've seen, from May 21st, expects the following results:
29.2% / 219 seats (-6.6%) : European People's Party (christian democrats and other conservatives)
26.9% / 202 seats (+1.4%) : Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats (social-democrats)
9.45% / 71 seats (-1.4%) : Alliance of Liberals and Democrats (non-Greenish center-right and center-left liberals)
7.59% / 57 seats (+3.6%) : Europe of Freedom and Democracy (anti-european hodgepodge incl. UKIP)
6.79% / 51 seats (+2.2%) : Confederation of United European Left and Northern Green Left (socialists)
6.66% / 50 seats (-0.8%) : European Conservatives and Reformists (Tory-centered national conservatives)
5.59% / 42 seats (-1.7%) : European Free Alliance (Greens and a handful Pirates)
4.79% / 36 seats (*) : European Alliance for Freedom (French, Italian, Dutch and Austrian nazis)
3.06% / 23 seats (*) : other parties (fringe parties, Hungarian and German nazis)
* EAF would be a newly formed bloc. "Others" including these parties currently hold 4.3% of seats, i.e. a gain of +3.5% is expected. This gain would mostly stem from the expected rise of Front National in France.
Seat distribution majorly favours parties in smaller nations - the largest state, Germany, holds one seat per 850,000 people (similar number in France and UK), while the smallest state, Malta, holds one seat per 75,000 people. Attempts to change this in various ways over the past decade have failed.
Since there is no European government, no actual "government"/"opposition" blocs are formed by these parties. Voting in parliament occurs in adhoc alliances, however there has always been an informal grand coalition between EPP and S&D holding the absolute majority together. Everyone else just forms right and left wings around that coalition.
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