On 6-9th June 2024, Europeans voted to renew the European Parliament and new Members of European Parliament (MEP) will convene for the first time in Plenary mid-July in Strasbourg, France.
While the European People’s Party (EPP), European Conservatives (ECR) and Identify and Democracy Group (ID) have seen an increase in seats, the Greens and Renew Europe have had significant losses. The Socialists have maintained around the same number of seats. The biggest increase has been for the non-aligned MEPs which are a heterogenous group, yet with most of them coming from the far right. It remains to be seen if they will remain non-aligned MEPs or if they will join a political group. There has been a clear surge of the far right, and at the time of writing, the ECR has replaced Renew Europe as the third biggest political group in the European Parliament.
While the pro-European parliamentary majority (EPP, S&D, Renew) has been weakened, it retains its majority (around 400) and therefore can continue to function as a strong coalition. Working with the far right cannot be an option. As a European civil society organisation advocating for pluralism, non-discrimination, and human rights, COFACE Families Europe will continue to engage with the European Parliament to defend and protect the interests of the wide diversity of families. We will do this building on our State of the European Union for families (5-year assessment of the 2019-2024 mandate) and our Key Demands for families of today. The European Parliament will now proceed to form their political groups. The European Council is preparing to elect a new European Commission President.
More here about the election results, also per country. See also further information on the Good Lobby elections hub.
