Germany
Lists of candidates for the 2024 European elections, on the 9th of June
Results of the 26 May 2019 European elections
Political parties European affiliation Number of votes Percentage of votes Number of seats Trends compared with 2014
Christian Democratic Union (CDU) / Christian Social Union (CSU) EPP 8 437 093 28.90 % 29 ↓
Alliance 90 / The Greens Greens / EFA 7 675 584 20.5 % 21 ↑
Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) S&D 5 914 953 15.8 % 16 ↓
Alternative for Germany EFDD 4 103 453 11.0 % 11 ↑
The Left (DL) GUE/NGL 2 056 010 5.5 % 5 ↓
Free Democratic Party (FDP) Renew Europe 2 028 353 5.4 % 5 ↑
The Party Greens/EFA 898 386 2.4% 2 ↑
Free voters Renew Europe 806 590 2.2 % 2 ↑
Animal Welfare Party GUE/NGL 541 984 1.4 % 1 ↑
Ecological Democratic Party (ODP) Greens/EFA 370 006 1.0 % 1 ↑
Family Party ECR 273 755 0.7% 1 =
Volt 248 824 0.7 % 1 New
Pirate Party Greens/EFA 243 363 0.7 % 1 ↓
Electoral Procedures for 2024
> Election Dates : 9 June 2024
> Number of MEPs : 96
> At what age can one vote? 16 years
> At what age can one be elected? 18 years
> Who can vote? Any German Citizen and Citizens living in Germany if they are citizens of another EU Member State and have been living in Germany for at least three months.
Electoral rules
> Voting method : Closed list
> Means for attributing seats : Sainte-Laguë/Shepers Method
> Can candidates be chosen from a list? No
Institutions and political situation
Federal Republic, representative democracy, parliamentary regime
− Head of State : Frank-Walter Steinmeier
− Chancellor : Olaf Scholz
Economy
> Currency : Euro
> GDP : 3 869 billions € (2022)
> GDP per capita (PPS) : 47 325 € (2023)
> GDP Growth : -0.1% (June 2023)
> Unemployment: 5.7% (September 2023)
> Inflation : 4.5% (September 2023)
> Public Debt: 66.3 % of the GDP (December 2022)
Geography and population
– Surface Area : 357 022 km² (source : The CIA World Factbook)
– 84.3 million inhabitants (est. 2023)