On Thursday 7 June, the Council of the EU unanimously endorsed reform of the EU's election law for the European elections of May 2019 after Italy, which now has a government, lifted its reserve.
Upon request from Germany, the draft legislation foresees the introduction at EU level of a minimum voting threshold (between 2% and 5%) in order to be elected as a member of the European Parliament in countries of a single constituency or which have consistencies of at least 35 seats.
The...