Who wins where? Your guide to Europe's election night

How is it going for the German far right and how much is Macron weakened? Here is TT's guide to the most important things to keep an eye on during Sunday's big election night in Europe.

» Updated: July 16 2024

» Published: June 09 2024

Who wins where? Your guide to Europe's election night
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Hur goes it for the German far-right and how much is Macron weakened? Here is TT's guide to the most important things to keep track of on Sunday's big election night in Europe.

What? Election to the European Parliament, all 720 seats to be filled by 2029, distributed in accordance with the population of the 27 member states - from 6 in small Malta to 96 in Germany.

When? A number of countries have already voted since Thursday, and the first polling stations opened at 06:00 (in countries such as Hungary and Cyprus), while the last ones closed at 23:00 (only in Italy).

How? A bit different in each country, but mainly a combination of party lists and personal votes, where 16-year-olds can also vote in a few countries, such as Belgium.

How big will the far-right be? Much speculation ahead of the election, with rising opinion polls in many countries. Estimates suggest that up to a quarter of all seats could be taken. However, the significance is unclear, as many of the far-right parties do not want to cooperate with each other.

Government in crisis (1): The three parties in the German government coalition, the Social Democratic Party, the Liberal Democratic Party, and the Green Party, risk being pushed to third place and worse by the conservative CDU/CSU and the far-right party AFD. Especially considering the many scandals surrounding AFD, it will be embarrassing for Chancellor Olaf Scholz if AFD gets more seats than the SPD.

Government in crisis (2): French President Emmanuel Macron may also end up in third place after Marine Le Pen's National Rally (RN) and the reformed Socialist Party (PS) under Raphaël Glucksmann. RN is also hoping to become the largest single party in the entire election - if it can manage to get more seats than the German CDU/CSU.

Can Orbán do it? Hungary's ruling party Fidesz has dominated the state-controlled TV and newspapers, but is still challenged by a new conservative opposition movement under Péter Magyar. However, Magyar's rise may also sink the rest of the opposition.

When will the results be available? Various forecasts will be presented from 18:00 onwards, but do not expect more reliable aggregated figures until around 23:30.

Here are the opening hours - in Swedish time - for all EU countries (with the number of seats in parentheses):

Germany (96): 08:00-18:00

France (81): 08:00-18:00

Italy (76): 07:00-23:00, also voted on Sunday

Spain (61): 09:00-20:00

Poland (53): 07:00-21:00

Romania (33): 06:00-21:00

Netherlands (31): voted on Thursday

Belgium (22): 08:00-14:00

Greece (21): 06:00-18:00

Portugal (21): 09:00-21:00

Sweden (21): 09:00-20:00

Czech Republic (21): voted on Friday and Sunday

Hungary (21): 06:00-19:00

Austria (20): 07:00-17:00

Bulgaria (17): 06:00-19:00

Denmark (15): 09:00-20:00

Finland (15): 08:00-19:00

Slovakia (15): voted on Sunday

Ireland (14): voted on Friday

Croatia (12): 07:00-19:00

Lithuania (11): 07:00-17:00

Latvia (9): voted on Sunday

Slovenia (9): 07:00-19:00

Estonia (7): 08:00-19:00

Cyprus (6): 06:00-17:00

Luxembourg (6): 08:00-14:00

Malta (6): voted on Sunday

Source: Politico Europe

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By TT - Translated and adapted by Sweden Herald

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