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Reform des Wahlrechts der EU

Auf einen Blick 27-06-2018

Das Europäische Parlament wird auf seiner Juli-Tagung voraussichtlich dem Entwurf eines Beschlusses des Rates zur Änderung des Wahlakts von 1976 zur Festlegung gemeinsamer Vorschriften für die Wahl zum Europäischen Parlament zustimmen. Unter anderem sind in den neuen Vorschriften Prozenthürden von 2 % bis 5 % für Wahlkreise vorgesehen, in denen mehr als 35 Sitze vergeben werden.

This study focuses on electoral reform in Ukraine, Georgia and Moldova, which have all concluded Association Agreements with the EU. Recent experience in all three countries has shown that political elites are changing (or not changing) the electoral system to hold onto power. Beyond the choice of electoral system, changes have often been introduced in a rush, without a genuinely inclusive, thorough and public debate. Frequent changes to legal frameworks, often made just prior to elections, have ...

Τhe Composition of the European Parliament

Eingehende Analyse 22-02-2017

The workshop, organized by the Policy Department for Citizens' Rights and Constitutional Affairs upon request by the AFCO Committee, provides insight in the issue of apportionment of seats in the European Parliament, one of the most politically sensitive decisions with direct impact on citizens' representation in the European Parliament. The workshop examined methods for the apportionment of seats in Parliament that would satisfy the requirements of the principle of degressive proportionality and ...

The allocation of seats in collegiate organs such as parliaments requires a method to translate votes proportionally into whole seats. The 'd'Hondt method' is a mathematical formula used widely in proportional representation systems, although it leads to less proportional results than other systems for seat allocation such as the Hare-Niemeyer and Sainte-Laguë/Schepers methods. Moreover, it tends to increase the advantage for the electoral lists gaining most votes to the detriment of those with fewer ...

Albania: Political parties and the EU

Auf einen Blick 16-02-2016

Since the start of Albania's transition towards democracy, its political parties have considered European integration as the country's sole viable political option. Achieving this shared objective has been tied to successful domestic reforms. However, persistent political deadlock, mistrust between government and opposition, and a series of contested elections have slowed progress.

The procedure for elections to the European Parliament (EP) features only a limited set of principles common to all Member States (MS). There is no 'harmonisation' of electoral thresholds, but MS may establish thresholds of no more than 5%. In Germany, the new electoral act recently adopted by the Bundestag reduces the threshold applicable to European elections from 5% to 3%. The German Constitutional Court had declared the previous electoral threshold unconstitutional. It argued that the functions ...

The German Federal Constitutional Court’s ruling is based on a nation state-bound understanding of political representation which does not take the EU’s compounded system into account. Furthermore, it confounds questions of voting structure with questions about the pouvoir constituent. Its emphasis on the equality of peoples over the equality of citizens potentially leads to significant losses of legitimacy. The empirical study shows the wide variety of how political systems deal with the necessary ...

This note was presented by the author for a workshop organised by the Committee on Constitutional Affairs on 25/26 March 2008. It describes some possible changes to the electoral procedures applicable for the European elections. A particular suggestion concerns the introduction of more open lists in order to enable citizens to select the individual candidates of their choice.