INSTITUTIONAL / Ep2024

Member States’ first comments on European Parliament’s reform of EU Electoral Law

Brussels, 26/08/2022 (Agence Europe)

Fifteen Member States have commented on the reform of the European Electoral Law as advocated by the European Parliament, including the controversial issue of the creation of a European constituency (see EUROPE B12944A1).

In their reading, it appears that more Member States are sceptical or even opposed to this issue. For Denmark, for example, setting up a European constituency with competing transnational lists led by ‘Spitzenkandidaten’ would “widen the gap between citizens and their...