EU elections - At a glance overview Citizens will be heading to the polls across the EU between 23 and 26 May in an election that will affect over 500m people. The election results will not only determine the make-up of the European Parliament but also shape who will head up the European Commission for the next five years. This overview will provide you with all the key information for the 2019 European Elections. Which countries vote when? 23 May • Netherlands • UK
24 May • Ireland • Czech Rep.
25 May • Latvia • Malta • Slovakia • Czech Rep.
• Austria • Belgium • Bulgaria • Croatia • Cyprus • Denmark • Estonia
26 May • Finland • France • Germany • Greece • Hungary • Italy • Lithuania
• Luxembourg • Poland • Portugal • Romania • Slovenia • Spain • Sweden
Results timeline Sunday 26 May: Results may be announced when the last polls close at 11pm CET / 10pm BST. June: Official results will be published throughout June. Tuesday 2 July: Parliament convenes to swear in new MEPs. Spitzenkandidaten These are the lead candidates appointed by each party for the role of Commission President. EPP: Manfred Weber (DE) S&D: Frans Timmermans (NL) ALDE: Guy Verhofstadt (BE)
Greens: Ska Keller (DE) and Bas Eickhout (NL) GUE/NGL: Violeta Tomic (SV) and Nico Cué (ES)
Dark Horses ALDE: Margrethe Vestager (DN)
EPP: Michel Barnier (FR) MEPs per country The map on the left shows the number of seats allocated to each Member State. New UK MEPs will only sit for as long as the UK is a member of the EU. Once the UK leaves the Union, 27 of the UK’s 73 seats will be redistributed to other countries (e.g. Spain and France will gain 5 new seats), while the remaining 46 seats will be kept for future enlargements.
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Malta
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Slovenia
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Cyprus
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Luxembourg
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Projected seats
European People’s Party Group (EPP)
The centre-right group is expected to remain the largest political group in the EP despite projected losses but a potential exit of Orban’s Fidesz party may jeopardise this.
180 (-41)
Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats (S&D)
The social democrats are set for significant losses but are expected to do well in Spain and Sweden after recent electoral victories there.
161 (-30)
Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE)
The liberals are projected to be the main winners in the political centre, buoyed by an alliance with Emmanuel Macron’s En Marche.
104 (+37)
Group of the Greens/European Free Alliance (Greens/EFA)
The Greens will be able to capitalise on historically high polling in Germany, but affiliated parties will struggle to replicate their success elsewhere.
51 (+1)
European United Left - Nordic Green Left (GUE/NGL)
The left-wing group is expected to maintain its representation due to solid support in France and Germany as well as participation in the Greek and Portuguese governments.
49 (-3)
Other groups (EFDD/ENF/ECR/ NI)
Eurosceptic and anti-European parties will realign after the elections in an effort to create more influential groupings. While expected to field more MEPs, their influence will be shaped by how fractured the landscape is on the fringes.
206 (+36)
* Polling figures are based with permission on Europe Elects, a polling and election data aggregator founded in 2014 by Tobias Gerhard Schminke. Find out more here.
Get in touch To discuss any of the issues raised in this document or to find out how Cicero can help you navigate the European elections and understand their impact on policy-making, please get in touch with us. Helena Walsh - Executive Director, Brussels & Dublin Helena.Walsh@cicero-group.com BXL: +32 (0)2 612 8152 IRL: +353 83 891 8062 www.ciceroelections.eu
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