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The 2024 elections in the European Union include European, national and regional elections in the EU member states.
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The 2024 elections in the European Union include European, national and regional elections in the EU member states.
The 2024 European Parliament election is scheduled to be held on 6 to 9 June 2024. [1] This will be the tenth parliamentary election since the first direct elections in 1979, and the first European Parliament election after Brexit. [2] [3]
| State | Date | Parliament before | Head of Government before | Party | EP Group | Parliament after | Head of Government after | Party | EP Group | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Portugal | 10 March |  | Antonio Costa | PS | S&D |  | Luís Montenegro | PSD | EPP | ||||
| Croatia | 17 April |  | Andrej Plenković | HDZ | EPP |  | Andrej Plenković | HDZ | EPP | ||||
| Belgium | 9 June |   | Alexander De Croo | Open Vld | RE | TBD | |||||||
| Bulgaria | 9 June |  | Dimitar Glavchev (caretaker) | Ind. | Ind. | ||||||||
| Austria | 29 September |  | Karl Nehammer | ÖVP | EPP | ||||||||
| Lithuania | 13 October |  | Ingrida Šimonytė | TS–LKD | EPP | ||||||||
| Romania | 8 December |   | Marcel Ciolacu | PSD | S&D | ||||||||
| State | Date | President before | Party | EP Group | President after | Party | EP Group | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lithuania | 12 May 26 May | Gitanas Nausėda | Ind. | Ind. | Gitanas Nausėda | Ind. | Ind. | ||||
| Romania | 15 September 29 September | Klaus Iohannis | PNL | EPP | TBD | ||||||
| State | Date | President before | Party | EP Group | President after | Party | EP Group | ||||
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| Finland | 28 February 11 February | Sauli Niinistö | National Coalition | EPP | Alexander Stubb | National Coalition | EPP | ||||
| Slovakia | 23 March 6 April | Zuzana Čaputová | PS | RE | Peter Pellegrini | HLAS–SD | S&D (suspended) | ||||
| Croatia | December | Zoran Milanović | SDP | S&D | TBD | ||||||
All three regions will hold elections.
All thirteen regions will hold elections.
All nineteen counties and Budapest will hold elections.
Five regions will hold elections.
All sixteen provinces held elections.
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