Election Day of the European elections of June 9, 2024 in Euskal Herria

The citizens of Euskal Herria, together with the rest of the population of the European Union (EU), are call to go to the polls this Sunday to choose the 720 seats that will matter new European Parliament. In Euskal Herria there are approximately three million people who have the right to vote.

The more than a thousand polling stations in the CAV open at the usual hours, 9:00 AM to 8:00 PM, on an election day marked by showers and a cool atmosphere for this time of year. In Iparralde, voting hours are from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Unlike other pageant events, the first Results will not be known before 11:00 at night., as Community rules require waiting until all Member States have completed their investigations. The Spanish and French governments are the organizers of the elections, and in the case of the former they will report on the progress of the participation at 2:30 PM and 6:30 PM.

Mobilization is usually precisely one of the pending issues of these elections. The stake In Hego Euskal Herria it is usually around 40% – EITB FOCUS estimated it at 48.6% – while not coinciding with other elections, while in the French state it is expected to exceed 50%. In the previous election, in May 2019, the European elections were held together with the municipal and regional elections in Hego Euskal Herria, with a participation rate of more than 60%; However, in both 2014 and 2009 it was barely more than 40%. In fact, the EITB macro survey showed that, with 15 days to go before the event, more than half of citizens did not know when the event would take place.

The Spanish government delegations in the CAV and Navarra have made extensive efforts safety devicethat in Euskadi will consist of 1,520 agents and 1,621 in Navarre.

PNV and EH Bildu in coalition with other parties

The European elections are for one constituency (state), in which formations such as PNV and EH Bildu must appear in coalition with other parties from other communities to gain a seat in the European Parliament.

Thus, the Jeltzales are presented under the CEUS coalition (Coalition for a Solidarity Europe) with Oihane Agirregoitia and Amaia Arrizabalaga as heads of the list in the CAV and Navarra respectively. EH Bildu will compete under the umbrella of Ahora Repúblicas (made up of ERC, BNG, Ara Més and the sovereign coalition itself), with Pernando Barrena as its candidate.

A total of 23 candidates have been presented in the Spanish state, including those of the main parties: PSE-EE, PP, Sumar, Podemos and Vox, in addition to the aforementioned PNV and EH Bildu.

The Spanish state’s electorate will elect a total of 61 representatives, two more than in the previous term. Once the elections are held, the Members of the European Parliament organize themselves major political groups trans states based on their affinities and ideology. In the previous term there were seven major parliamentary blocs: the European People’s Party (in which the Basque and Navarrese PP is represented), the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats (PSE-EE and PSN), Renew Europe (PNV), the European Free Alliance , European Left (EH Bildu, Sumar and Podemos).

In the French state, the second most elected members of the European Parliament (81) after Germany (96), the 50 million people called to vote must choose between 38 candidates, and the far-right Marine Le Pen is the favorite. There, the PNV is part of the Ecology Positive et Territories coalition, while EH Bildu has not put itself forward as a candidate.

Axes of the election campaign

This 9J comes after a day of reflection and an election campaign marked by the possible rise of the to the far right and the Begoña Gómez caseafter the call to testify as investigated last Tuesday.

General things like migrationthe situation of first sector or more local, such as the presence of Basque in the European Parliament they were the protagonists of the campaign messages.