2024 European Parliament election in Belgium
9 June 2024
All 22 Belgian seats to the European Parliament

An election 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.

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

It 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. [2] The electoral roll will be closed on 1 April 2024.[3]

Retiring incumbents

References

  1. ↑ "België krijgt vanaf 2024 extra zetel in Europees Parlement". Het Laatste Nieuws. 13 September 2023.
  2. ↑ "Jongeren vanaf 16 jaar mogen voortaan stemmen bij de Europese verkiezingen". VRT. 21 October 2021.
  3. ↑ "EU-BURGER IN BELGIË ?". Federal Public Service Interior.
  4. ↑ "Geert Bourgeois neemt in 2024 afscheid van de politiek". De Standaard. 8 October 2021.
  5. ↑ "Guy Verhofstadt (Open Vld) neemt afscheid na 2024: wie wordt nieuwe Europese lijsttrekker?". Business AM. 8 May 2023.
  6. ↑ "Europees Parlement: Gerolf Annemans (64) in 2024 geen lijsttrekker meer voor Vlaams Belang". De Morgen. 6 October 2023.
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