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The 2024 European Parliament election in Germany is scheduled to be held on 9 June 2024. [1] This will be the tenth parliamentary election since the first direct elections in 1979, and the first European Parliament election after Brexit. [2] [3]
The 2024 European Parliament election will be the first national election to be held in Germany since the 2021 federal election, in which retiring Chancellor Angela Merkel's Christian Democrats lost to the Social Democratic Party led by Olaf Scholz. [4]
Since the 2014 European Parliament election, Germany does not have an overriding threshold of the vote share required in order for a party to win an EP seat. This has allowed a number of smaller parties to gain representation, since they only have to reach about 0.5% of the vote share needed to get their first seat under the Webster/Sainte-Laguë method.
Germany is entitled to elect 96 Members of the European Parliament. [5]
Although the European Council had recommended that countries with more than 35 MEPs should introduce a threshold between 2% and 5%, the German government abandoned its plans for a 2% threshold in November 2018. [6] In 2022, the government decided to introduce a 2% threshold, but this will not yet apply in the 2024 election. [7] In 2019, the de facto threshold for a seat was around 0.7% of the vote.
The table shows the detailed composition of the German seats at the European Parliament as of 12 March 2024.
Political parties and other political associations may submit lists for the European elections. The lists must be submitted by the 83rd day before the election. Nationwide lists must be signed by 4,000 eligible voters, state lists by 1 per thousand, but not more than 2,000 eligible voters of the respective state (section 9 (5) EuWG). Parties that have been represented in the Bundestag, a regional parliament or the European Parliament with at least five members since its last election are exempt from the obligation to submit supporting signatures. These are (sorted by election results 2019):
| Party | European Party | Group | 2019 result | Top candidate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU/CSU | EPP | EPP | 28.9% | Manfred Weber | |
| Greens | EGP | Greens/EFA | 20.5% | Terry Reintke, Sergey Lagodinsky | |
| SPD | PES | S&D | 15.8% | Katarina Barley | |
| AfD | ID | ID | 11.0% | Maximilian Krah | |
| Left | PEL | GUE/NGL | 5.5% | Martin Schirdewan, Carola Rackete | |
| FDP | ALDE | Renew | 5.4% | Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann | |
| FW [lower-alpha 1] | EDP | Renew | 2.2% | Christine Singer | |
| Alliance Germany [lower-alpha 2] | – | ECR | – | Lars Patrick Berg | |
The following other parties are currently represented in the European Parliament with one MEP each:
| Party | European Party | Group | 2019 result | Top candidate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PARTEI | – | Non-inscrits | 2.4% | Martin Sonneborn, Sibylle Berg | |
| ÖDP | – | Greens/EFA | 1.0% | Manuela Ripa | |
| Family Party | ECPM | EPP | 0.7% | Helmut Geuking | |
| Volt | Volt | Greens/EFA | 0.7% | Damian Boeselager, Nela Riehl [8] | |
| Pirates | PPEU | Greens/EFA | 0.7% | Anja Hirschel [9] | |
The federal lists of the following other parties and political associations were accepted: [10]
| Party | European Party/Organization | 2019 result | Top candidate | Note | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Human Environment Animal Protection | GUE/NGL | 1.45% | Sebastian Everding [11] | ||
| MERA25 [12] | DiEM25 | 0.35% | Karin De Rigo, Johannes Fehr | 2019 as DiEM25 | |
| The Homeland | APF | 0.27% | Udo Voigt [13] | formerly the National Democratic Party of Germany (NPD) | |
| Action Party for Animal Welfare | – | 0.27% | |||
| Party for Biomedical Rejuvenation Research | – | 0.19% | Felix Werth | formerly Party for Health Research | |
| Alliance for Innovation and Justice | FPP | 0.18% | Haluk Yildiz | ||
| Alliance C – Christians for Germany | ECPM | 0.18% | Karin Heepen | ||
| Party of Humanists | – | 0.17% | Sascha Boelcke [14] | ||
| Human World | – | 0.09% | Dominik Laur [15] | ||
| German Communist Party | – | 0.05% | Patrik Köbele [16] | ||
| Marxist–Leninist Party of Germany [17] | ICOR | 0.05% | Monika Gärtner-Engel | ||
| Socialist Equality Party | ICFI | 0.01% | Christoph Vandreier [18] | ||
| Bündnis Sahra Wagenknecht | – | did not exist | Fabio De Masi [19] | ||
| Citizens for Justice Action | – | did not exist | Loreen Bermuske [20] | ||
| Climate List Germany | – | did not exist | Verena Hofmann [21] | ||
| Democratic Alliance for Diversity and Awakening [22] | UID | did not exist | Fatih Zingal | ||
| Grassroots Democratic Party of Germany | – | did not exist | Ellèn Hölzer [23] | ||
| Last Generation | – | did not exist | Lina Johnsen [24] | ||
| Party of Reason | EPIL | did not run | Dirk Hesse [25] | ||
| Party of progress | – | did not exist | |||
| V-Partei³ | – | did not run | Simon Klopstock [26] | ||
| Polling firm | Fieldwork date | Sample size | Union EPP | Grüne G/EFA | SPD S&D | AfD ID | Linke Left | FDP Renew | PARTEI NI | FW Renew | Tiersch. Left | ÖDP G/EFA | FAM EPP | Volt G/EFA | PIRAT G/EFA | BSW NI–Left | Others | Lead |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Forschungsgruppe Wahlen | 9–11 Apr 2024 | 1,254 | 30 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 3 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5 | 12 | 14 |
| INSA | 5–8 Apr 2024 | 2,100 | 28.5 | 11.5 | 16.5 | 19 | 4 | 5 | — | 3 | 2 | — | — | — | — | 6 | 4 | 9.5 |
| Ipsos | 23 Feb–02 Mar 2024 | 2,613 | 29 | 16 | 17 | 16 | 4 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7 | 4 | 12 |
| Forsa | 12–13 Mar 2024 | 1,008 | 34 | 14 | 16 | 15 | 2 | 3 | — | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | 9 | 18 |
| INSA | 8–11 Mar 2024 | 2,100 | 28.5 | 11 | 16 | 20 | 4.5 | 6 | 1 | 2.5 | 2 | — | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 5.5 | 1.5 | 8.5 |
| Ipsos | 23 Feb–5 Mar 2024 | 2,613 | 29 | 16 | 17 | 16 | 4 | 4 | — | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | 7 | 4 [lower-alpha 3] | 12 |
| Wahlkreisprognose | 24–29 Feb 2024 | 1,900 | 31.5 | 16 | 12 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 3.5 | 2.5 | — | — | — | — | 7.5 | 4.5 | 15.5 |
| Stack Data Strategy | 17–22 Feb 2024 | 980 | 25.5 | 9.8 | 16.5 | 15.1 | 2.7 | 6.0 | 3.2 | 4.1 | 3.1 | — | — | 1.3 | 1.2 | 9.3 | 3.4 | 9.0 |
| INSA | 8–12 Feb 2024 | 2,101 | 27 | 10.5 | 16 | 22 | 4.5 | 3 | 1 | 3.5 | 3 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5.5 | 1.5 | 5 |
| Portland | 24–31 Jan 2024 | 555 | 29 | 13 | 16 | 17 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 12 |
| Wahlkreisprognose | 11–18 Jan 2024 | 1,440 | 28 | 13 | 9 | 23 | 3 | 4.5 | 1.5 | 5 | 1.5 | — | — | — | — | 7 | 4.5 | 5 |
| Wahlkreisprognose | 1–7 Dec 2023 | 1,440 | 31 | 12 | 10 | 25 | 3 | 3 | 1.5 | 2.5 | 2 | — | — | — | — | 7 | 3 | 6 |
| INSA | 31 Jul 2023 | 1,001 | 26 | 15 | 19 | 23 | 5 | 7 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6 | 3 |
| Wahlkreisprognose | 7–14 Jul 2023 | 1,040 | 23 | 13.5 | 15 | 22 | 2.5 | 3.5 | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | — | — | — | — | 8.5 | 5.5 | 1 |
| Wahlkreisprognose | 15–16 Dec 2022 | 1,100 | 22 | 21 | 21 | 18.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 2 | 3.5 | 2.5 | — | — | — | — | — | 2.5 | 1 |
| Wahlkreisprognose | 24–26 Feb 2022 | 1,722 | 22 | 19.5 | 22.5 | 12.5 | 3 | 7.5 | 2.5 | 3 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | 5.5 | 0.5 |
| 2021 federal election | 26 Sep 2021 | – | 24.1 | 14.7 | 25.7 | 10.4 | 4.9 | 11.4 | 1.0 | 2.4 | 1.5 | 0.2 | — | 0.4 | 0.4 | — | 2.9 | 1.6 |
| 2019 European election | 26 May 2019 | – | 28.9 | 20.5 | 15.8 | 11.0 | 5.5 | 5.4 | 2.4 | 2.2 | 1.4 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 | — | 3.8 | 8.4 |
| Polling firm | Fieldwork date | Sample size | CSU EPP | Grüne G/EFA | SPD S&D | AfD ID | FW Renew | FDP Renew | Linke Left | BSW NI–Left | Others | Lead |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GMS | 31 Jan – 5 Feb 2024 | 1,018 | 43 | 11 | 8 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 27 |
| Infratest dimap | 11–15 Jan 2024 | 1,161 | 43 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 9 | – | – | 3 | 9 | 30 |
| GMS | 27 Dec – 2 Jan 2024 | 1,002 | 42 | 13 | 7 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 1 | – | 7 | 25 |
| 2023 state election | 8 Oct 2023 | – | 37.0 | 14.4 | 8.4 | 14.6 | 15.8 | 3.0 | 1.5 | – | 5.3 | 21.2 |
| 2021 federal election | 26 Sep 2021 | – | 31.7 | 14.1 | 18.0 | 9.0 | 7.5 | 10.5 | 2.8 | – | 6.4 | 13.7 |
| 2019 European election | 26 May 2019 | – | 40.7 | 19.1 | 9.3 | 8.5 | 5.3 | 3.4 | 2.4 | – | 11.3 | 21.6 |
| Polling firm | Fieldwork date | Sample size | CDU EPP | AfD ID | Linke Left | SPD S&D | Grüne G/EFA | FDP Renew | BSW NI–Left | Others | Lead |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INSA [lower-alpha 4] | 8–12 Feb 2024 | – | 17 | 32 | 7 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 15 |
| 2021 federal election | 26 Sep 2021 | – | 16.8 | 20.5 | 10.4 | 24.1 | 9.2 | 9.5 | – | 9.5 | 3.6 |
| 2019 European election | 26 May 2019 | – | 21.5 | 21.1 | 13.4 | 12.2 | 11.6 | 4.4 | – | 15.8 | 0.4 |
| Polling firm | Fieldwork date | Sample size | Union EPP | Grüne G/EFA | SPD S&D | AfD ID | FDP Renew | Linke Left | BSW NI–Left | Others | Lead |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INSA | 8–12 Feb 2024 | – | 29 | 11 | 17 | 20 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 9 |
| 2021 federal election | 26 Sep 2021 | – | 25.6 | 15.9 | 26.1 | 8.2 | 11.9 | 3.7 | – | 8.6 | 0.5 |
| 2019 European election | 26 May 2019 | – | 30.5 | 22.5 | 16.6 | 8.6 | 5.6 | 3.8 | – | 11.8 | 8.0 |
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