Citizens of all EU Member States will elect their MPs
However, there are some differences between individual countries. The Dutch will vote as soon as possible, on Thursday, June 6. A day later, the Irish. On Saturday, June 8, elections will be held in Latvia, Malta and Slovakia. Czechs and Italians will vote for two days - on Friday and Saturday, and on Saturday and Sunday, respectively. The remaining 20 countries vote only on Sunday, June 9, including Poland.
In some countries, voting is compulsory. This is the case in Luxembourg, Belgium, Bulgaria and Greece.
In most Member States, adults can vote. In Greece, the threshold for voting rights was set at 17 years of age, and in Belgium, Germany, Malta and Austria at 16 years of age.
In the European Parliament elections, Member States may set the electoral threshold themselves, exceeding which will enable them to participate in the division of seats on a national scale. However, it cannot be higher than 5%. 13 countries do not apply any electoral threshold, and nine countries apply a 5% threshold. These are: Poland, France, Czech Republic, Croatia, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Romania and Slovakia. At the threshold of 4% there are: Italy, Sweden and Austria, the 3% rule applies in Greece while 1,8% in Cyprus.
In six countries the lists are closed. These are Germany, Spain, France, Portugal, Hungary and Romania. This means that voters can only vote for a list, without the possibility of changing the order of candidates on this list, and a candidate's chances of winning a seat depend on his place on this list and the number of votes cast for it.
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