2024 European Parliament election in Belgium

2024 European Parliament election in Belgium

← 2019 9 June 2024

All 22 Belgian seats to the European Parliament

The 2024 European Parliament election in Belgium will be held on 9 June 2024 in the three Belgian constituencies (the Dutch-speaking electoral college, the French-speaking electoral college and the German-speaking electoral college) to elect the Belgian delegation to the European Parliament. It is part of the 2024 European Parliament election and the 2024 Belgian elections. It will be the tenth European Parliament election held in Belgium, and the first to take place after Brexit.[1]


Electoral system

Compared to last election, Belgium is entitled to one more MEP assigned in 2023 after a pre-election assessment of the Parliament composition based on the most recent population figures.[2] Each constituency elects its members through semi-open list proportional representation with seats allocated through D'Hondt method and no electoral threshold.[3] The 22 Belgian seats are divided among the three constituencies as follows:

  • 13 MEPs to be elected by the Dutch-speaking electoral college (one more than in 2019)[4]
  • 8 MEPs to be elected by the French-speaking electoral college
  • 1 MEP to be elected by the German-speaking electoral college

Both Belgian and other non-Belgian EU citizens residing in the country are entitled to vote in the European elections in Belgium. No registration is needed for Belgian citizens, while other EU citizens residing in Belgium need to register in the municipality of their residence no later than 31 March 2024. Belgian citizens residing abroad are required to register by 29 February 2024 to be able to vote from the country where they reside. This will be the first election in Belgium where people from the age of 16 have the right to vote. People aged 18 and above are obligated to vote.[5][6] The electoral roll will be closed on 1 April 2024.[7]

Outgoing delegation

Belgian parties in the European Parliament in the ninth legislature (2019–2024)
Group 21 Dutch-speaking electoral college 12 French-speaking electoral college 8 German-speaking electoral college 1
EPP 4 Christian Democratic & Flemish (CD&V) 2 Humanist Democratic Centre (cdH) 1 Christian Social Party (CSP) 1
RE 4 Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats (Open VLD) 2 Reformist Movement (MR) 2
ECR 3 New Flemish Alliance (N-VA) 3
Greens-EFA 3 Groen 1 Ecolo 2
ID 3 Vlaams Belang (VB) 3
S&D 3 Socialist Party Differently (sp.a) 1 Socialist Party (PS) 2
GUE/NGL 1 Workers' Party of Belgium (PTB) 1

Retiring incumbents

Name Party First elected Terms Date announced Source
Geert Bourgeois N-VA 2019 1 8 October 2021 [8]
Guy Verhofstadt Open Vld 2009 3 8 May 2023 [9]
Gerolf Annemans Vlaams Belang 2014 2 6 October 2023 [10]

Lead candidates

Lead candidates for the European Parliament election in Belgium in 2024
EP group Dutch-speaking electoral college French-speaking electoral college German-speaking electoral college
Party Lead candidate Party Lead candidate Party Lead candidate
ECR N-VA Johan Van Overtveldt[11]
EPP CD&V Wouter Beke[12] Les Engagés Yvan Verougstraete[13] CSP Pascal Arimont[14]
Greens-EFA Groen Sara Matthieu[15] Ecolo Saskia Bricmont[16] Ecolo Shqiprim Thaqi[17]
GUE/NGL PVDA Rudi Kennes[18] PTB Marc Botenga[19]
ID VB Tom Vandendriessche[20]
RE Open VLD Hilde Vautmans[21] MR PFF-MR Sacha Brandt[22]
Vivant
S&D Vooruit Bruno Tobback[23] PS Elio Di Rupo[24] SP
none Volt Sophie in 't Veld[25] Volt Suzana Carp[26] Volt André Florent Staes[27]
DéFI
ProDG

Opinion polls

Dutch-speaking

Date(s) conducted Polling firm Publisher Sample size N‑VA
ECR
VB
ID
Open Vld
Renew
cd&v
EPP
Groen
G/EFA
Vooruit
S&D
PVDA
Left
Others Lead
23 Feb – 5 Mar 2024 Ipsos Euronews[28] 1,500 18.7%
3
23.5%
3
12,7%
2
11.5%
1
9.7%
1
13.8%
2
9.3%
1
0.8%
0
4.8%
26 May 2019 European election 22.4%
3
19.1%
3
15.9%
2
14.5%
2
12.4%
1
10.2%
1
4.9%
0
0.5%
0
3.3%

French-speaking

Date(s) conducted Polling firm Publisher Sample size PS
S&D
Ecolo
G/EFA
MR
Renew
PTB
Left
LE
EPP
DéFI
NI
Others Lead
23 Feb – 5 Mar 2024 Ipsos Euronews[28] 1,500 26.7%
2
12.8%
1
22.8%
2
19.2%
2
11.0%
1
2.8%
0
4.7%
0
3.9%
26 May 2019 European election 26.7%
2
19.9%
2
19.3%
2
14.6%
1
8.9%
1
5.9%
0
4.7%
0
6.8%

References

  1. ^ "Redistribution of seats in the European Parliament after Brexit | News | European Parliament". www.europarl.europa.eu. 2020-01-31. Retrieved 2024-02-15.
  2. ^ "2024 European elections: 15 additional seats divided between 12 countries | News | European Parliament". www.europarl.europa.eu. 2023-09-13. Retrieved 2023-12-04.
  3. ^ Oelbermann, Kai Friederike; Pukelsheim, Friedrich (July 2020). "The European Elections of May 2019" (PDF). europarl.europa.eu. p. 14.
  4. ^ "België krijgt vanaf 2024 extra zetel in Europees Parlement". Het Laatste Nieuws. 13 September 2023.
  5. ^ "Belgium - How to vote". European elections 2024: all you need to know. Retrieved 2024-03-29.
  6. ^ "Jongeren vanaf 16 jaar mogen voortaan stemmen bij de Europese verkiezingen". VRT. 21 October 2021.
  7. ^ "EU-BURGER IN BELGIË ?". Federal Public Service Interior.
  8. ^ "Geert Bourgeois neemt in 2024 afscheid van de politiek". De Standaard. 8 October 2021.
  9. ^ "Guy Verhofstadt (Open Vld) neemt afscheid na 2024: wie wordt nieuwe Europese lijsttrekker?". Business AM. 8 May 2023.
  10. ^ "Europees Parlement: Gerolf Annemans (64) in 2024 geen lijsttrekker meer voor Vlaams Belang". De Morgen. 6 October 2023.
  11. ^ Tommy Thijs en Jan Straetmans, "Overzicht. Wie zijn de lijsttrekkers in uw provincie voor de verkiezingen van volgend jaar?", De Morgen, 28 November 2023.
  12. ^ DBI, "CD&V duwt oud-voorzitter Beke naar Europees lijsttrekkerschap", De Tijd, 18 October 2023.
  13. ^ Elisabeth Degryse et Pierre Kompany seront têtes de liste fédérales à Bruxelles pour Les Engagés, Le Soir, 28 september 2023.
  14. ^ CSP mit Frühstart: Franssen und Arimont auf Parteitag als Spitzenkandidaten für Wahlen von 2024 bestätigt, Ostbelgien Direkt, 19 maart 2023.
  15. ^ lto, "Sara Matthieu Europees lijsttrekker voor Groen", Het Belang van Limburg, 25 November 2023.
  16. ^ Ecolo désigne Saskia Bricmont et Olivier De Schutter pour emmener sa liste européenne, 7sur7, 12 november 2023.
  17. ^ (in German)Ecolo Ostbelgien nominiert Shqiprim Thaqi als Spitzenkandidat für Europawahlen, Grenzecho, 6 december 2023.
  18. ^ Vakbondsman Rudi Kennes is Europees lijsttrekker voor PVDA: “Voor de sociale rechten van de werkende klasse”, Het Nieuwsblad, 11 december 2023.
  19. ^ Nicolas De Decker, Benjamin Hermann, and Thomas Bernard, "Pour qui allez-vous pouvoir voter? Découvrez tous les candidats aux élections de 2024 (outil interactif)", Le Vif, 22 December 2023.
  20. ^ Pieter Lesaffer, "Vlaams Belang stelt als eerste partij al haar lijsttrekkers voor, en verrast met Lode Vereeck op Antwerpse Kamerlijst", Het Nieuwsblad, 14 October 2023.
  21. ^ Hilde Vautmans trekt Europese lijst voor Open Vld in 2024: “Ze is de geknipte persoon om de liberale visie naar de kiezer te brengen”, Het Laatste Nieuws, 9 oktober 2023.
  22. ^ PFF-Neujahrsempfang: Spitzenkandidaten für die kommenden Wahlen präsentiert, BRF, 12 January 2024.
  23. ^ Cisse Michiels (2023-11-28). "Bruno Tobback trekt Europese lijst Vooruit". vrt nws. Retrieved 2023-11-28.
  24. ^ Nicolas Zinque, "Elio Di Rupo sera bien tête de liste PS aux élections européennes", Sudinfo, 30 November 2023.
  25. ^ JP, "Sophie in 't Veld verkozen tot lijsttrekker van Volt België voor de Europese Verkiezingen", Bruzz, 28 October 2023.
  26. ^ "Volt Belgium elects lead-candidates for the June 2024 elections", Volt Belgium, 28 October 2023.
  27. ^ "Announcement European lists & new Board of Administrators". Volt België. Retrieved 2024-03-20.
  28. ^ a b "Européennes : vers une progression de la droite radicale au Parlement européen ?" (in French). 2024-03-19. p. 20. Retrieved 2024-03-19.
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