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The President of the European Parliament Jerzy Buzek proposed in 2010 that Commissioners be directly elected, by member states placing their candidate at the top of their voting lists in European elections. That would give them individually, and the body as a whole, a democratic mandate.
In 2004, following the largest trans-national election in history, the European Council proposed as Commission President a candidate, José Manuel Barroso, from the largest political party (the EPP). The Parliament approved him by 431 votes to 251.
Elections to the European Parliament saw declining voter turnout between 1979 and 2014. However, voter turnout in 2019 European elections increased by 8 points compared to 2014. [1] In spite of this exception for all Member States, the electoral mobilization remains weak compared to the national parliamentary elections. [2]
The 1979 European Parliament election was a series of parliamentary elections held across all 9 (at the time) European Community member states.They were the first European elections to be held, allowing citizens to elect 410 MEPs to the European Parliament, and also the first international election in history.
The European Parliament (EP) is the only directly elected body of the EU, representing the citizens of its member states. ... Around 373 million citizens across the 27 member states of the ...
European Parliament elections in Great Britain used two very different electoral systems. From 1979 until 1994, elections were conducted using first past the post (FPTP), with Great Britain divided into numerous single member constituencies.
Far-right parties made big gains in the European Parliament in election results that rattled the traditional powers and made French President Emmanuel Macron call snap legislative elections.
The 2009 European Parliament election was held in the 27 member states of the European Union (EU) between 4 and 7 June 2009. [1] A total of 736 Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) were elected to represent some 500 million [2] Europeans, making these the biggest trans-national