Berlin. A total of 34 parties are on the ballot papers for the European elections. But how can we explain the agreement between the Greens, SPD, CDU and others?
It’s the first thing many voters think in the voting booth this morning ask: Why are the Greens on the ballot for European elections on the top? How is the order of the parts determined?
According to the Federal Returning Officer, the answer is simple: the list of parties and other political associations is related to the respective result in the previous 2019 European elections. Political party The better you do, the higher you will be on the ballot papers in the 2024 European elections.
Read too:European elections – researchers see influence of deepfakes and company.
However, that’s not what it’s about Election result parties at the federal level, but at the federal state level. The order of the parties on the ballot paper is therefore different in each federal state – depending on the performance of the parties in the corresponding federal state in 2019. Parties and other political associations that did not participate in the last European elections are listed in alphabetical order by name .
European elections: this is the order of parties on the ballot paper
That’s how it takes CDU in 9 states (Baden-Württemberg, Hesse, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Lower Saxony, North Rhine-Westphalia, Rhineland-Palatinate, Saarland, Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia) came first in the voting papers Greens in 3 countries (Berlin, Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein). AfD in 2 countries (Brandenburg and Saxony). SPD in Bremen and the CSU in Bavaria.
Also interesting: Voting by post in the European elections – this is how it works at the last minute
They come in second place Greens in 6 countries (Baden-Württemberg, Bavaria, Bremen, Hesse, Lower Saxony and North Rhine-Westphalia), the CDU in 4 countries (Berlin, Brandenburg, Saxony and Schleswig-Holstein), the SPD in 3 countries (Hamburg, Rhineland – Palatinate and Saarland) and the AfD in 3 countries (Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia).
Capital Inside by Jörg Quoos, editor-in-chief of FUNKE’s central editorial team
Behind the scenes of politics – stubborn, exclusive, relevant.
By signing up for the newsletter I agree to this
Advertising Contract
for.
Third place is held by the SPD in 9 countries (Baden-Württemberg, Bavaria, Berlin, Brandenburg, Hesse, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Lower Saxony, North Rhine-Westphalia and Schleswig-Holstein), and by the Left in 3 countries (Saxony , Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia), the CDU in 2 countries (Bremen and Hamburg) and the Greens in 2 countries (Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland).