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Die Wahlen zum Europäischen Parlament 2004 [archiviert]
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Veröffentlicht 16. Mai 2004 - Aktualisiert 29. Januar 2010
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Die letzten Europawahlen wurden vom 10. bis 13. Juni 2004 abgehalten. Aufgrund der Erweiterung der EU auf 25 Länder wurden 732 Abgeordnete gewählt. Die größte Herausforderung der Wahlen war die Wahlbeteiligung. Eine Übersicht über die wichtigsten Herausforderungen und Ergebnisse der Europawahlen 2004 (Wahlbeteiligung, 'europäischer Charakter' der Europawahlen, nationale Folgen der Wahlen, Machtverhältnisse im neuen EP) finden Sie in unserem LinksDossier über die EP-Wahlergebnisse.
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Zusammenfassung
Since 1979, the European Parliament is directly elected every five years. This year, ten new countries will be sending members to the European Parliament. These countries already have had observers in the Parliament since 2003. The European Parliament now counts 624 members and 162 observers. After the elections, it will have 732 members.
Here is a table indicating the new distribution of seats per country after the elections (as defined by the Treaty of Accession), as well as links to current members and observers:
| Country | MEPs | Current |
| Austria | 18 | 21 |
| Belgium | 24 | 25 |
| Cyprus | 6 | 6 |
| Czech Republic | 24 | 24 |
| Denmark | 14 | 16 |
| Estonia | 6 | 6 |
| Finland | 14 | 16 |
| France | 78 | 87 |
| Germany | 99 | 99 |
| Greece | 24 | 25 |
| Hungary | 24 | 24 |
| Ireland | 13 | 15 |
| Italy | 78 | 87 |
| Latvia | 9 | 9 |
| Lithuania | 13 | 13 |
| Luxembourg | 6 | 6 |
| Malta | 5 | 5 |
| Netherlands | 27 | 31 |
| Poland | 54 | 54 |
| Portugal | 24 | 25 |
| Slovakia | 14 | 14 |
| Slovenia | 7 | 7 |
| Spain | 54 | 64 |
| Sweden | 19 | 22 |
| United Kingdom | 78 | 87 |
Debatte
Power division in the next EP One of the main issues of these elections is the new power division in the European Parliament. Currently, the Christian Democrats-Conservative PPE-DE Group is the largest party, followed by the Socialist PSE and the Liberal ELDR. See the
Parliament's overview of seats per group . With the uncertainties of unprecendented European elections in the new Member States and possible shifting alliances in the traditional parliamentary groups (eg. UK Conservatives to stay in the EPP Group?), it is impossible to predict which party family will dominate the next parliament.Voter turnout for the elections Since direct elections for the European Parliament started in 1979, the overall voter turnout has fallen steadily. The following table shows, by country, the turnout figures for each of the five elections since 1979:
| Country | 1979 | 1984 | 1989 | 1994 | 1999 |
| Belgium (voting compulsory) | 91.4 | 92.2 | 90.7 | 90.7 | 91.0 |
| Denmark | 47.8 | 52.2 | 47.4 | 52.9 | 50.4 |
| France | 60 .7 | 56.7 | 48.8 | 52.7 | 46.8 |
| Germany | 65.7 | 56.8 | 62.3 | 60.0 | 45.2 |
| Greece | 78.6 | 77.2 | 80.1 | 80.4 | 75.3 |
| Ireland | 63.6 | 47.6 | 68.3 | 44.0 | 50.7 |
| Italy | 84.9 | 83.4 | 81.4 | 74.8 | 70.8 |
| Luxembourg | 88.9 | 87.0 | 96.2 | 88.5 | 85.8 |
| Netherlands | 58.1 | 50.6 | 47.5 | 35.6 | 29.9 |
| Portugal | 72.4 | 51.2 | 35.5 | 40.4 | |
| Spain | 68.9 | 54.7 | 59.1 | 64.4 | |
| Austria | 67.7 | 49.0 | |||
| Finland | 57.6 | 30.1 | |||
| Sweden | 41.6 | 38.8 | |||
| UK | 32.2 | 31.8 | 36.6 | 36.4 | 24.0 |
Zeitplan
- The European elections will be held between 10-13 June 2004:
- Thursday 10 June: Netherlands and Great Britain
- Friday 11 June: Ireland, Czech Republic
- Saturday 12 June: Latvia, Malta and Italy
- Sunday 13 June: in the remaining Member States.
