Everything you need to know in the run-up to the European elections 2024 - from Brussels, Paris and Berlin.

When 450 million European citizens elect the 720 members of the European Parliament from 6-9 June, major changes can be expected in the EU. In the run-up to the European elections 2024, the Jacques Delors Centre and its sister institutes bundle their knowledge: On this page, you can find all publications, podcasts, statements and interviews about the European elections 2024 by the Jacques Delors Centre in Berlin, as well as publications and infographics by the Jacques Delors Institute in Paris and Europe Jacques Delors in Brussels. What discussions will determine the campaigns? What outcomes can be expected? How will the French-German relationships, security policy, EU enlargement and other areas be affected? Read on and find out.

Publications

Policy Position

The electoral threshold will not save the European Parliament's ability to act

This policy position by Luise Quaritsch analyses the role of small parties in the European Parliament and proposes alternative strategies to avoid fragmentation.
Policy Brief

Debunking the Backlash - Uncovering European Voters' Climate Preferences

The notion of a broad green backlash is set to dominate this year's European election campaign. Based on new survey data from more than 15.000 respondents in Germany, France and Poland, Jannik Jansen and Nils Redeker show that it is largely overblown.
Policy Brief

On the road to the 2024 European elections: Institutional timeline and missed opportunities

The 2024 European elections could mark a turning point in EU politics. This policy brief by Luise Quaritsch offers an overview of the need-to-know for this election year.
Policy Brief

Opening up “Fortress Europe” to Global Talents: EU Labour Migration Options

This policy brief by Associate Policy Fellow Judith Kohlenberger delves into the potential of regular migration across diverse skill levels to alleviate labour shortages in the EU.

Publications by the Jacques Delors Institute (Paris) & Europe Jacques Delors (Brussels)

Policy Brief

JDI: Green Deal: towards a "European regulatory pause"?

Emmanuel Macron’s call for a “European regulatory pause” on environmental norms indicates an ideological hesitation towards ecological issues. The use of such an expression is far from neutral; it runs the risk of being used to legitimise populist rhetoric. Clarification is therefore required, writes Phuc-Vinh Nguyen.
Policy Brief

JDI: The European Green Deal in the face of rising radical right-wing populism

The continuous implementation of the European Green Deal will take place in an increasingly challenging geopolitical, social, and economic environment, explain Karin Thalberg, Camille Defard, Thierry Chopin, Alicia Barbas and Klervi Kerneïs.
Report

JDI: A European Parliament keen to strengthen its role on the international stage

In this policy brief, Isabelle Marchais explains that even if the situation is changing as societies and the world evolve, foreign policy is everywhere the responsibility of the executive, which is considered to be the only body capable of meeting a certain number of imperatives: preserving secrecy and confidentiality, safeguarding internal cohesion, ensuring rapid decision-making in emergency or crisis situations.
Policy Brief

JDI: European fiscal framework reform – a compromise, for better or worse

In this Policy Brief, Andreas Eisl discusses the recent advancements on the long-awaited reform of the European fiscal framework, with the Stability and Growth Pact (SGP) at its centre.
Blog Post

EJD: What will happen to the Green Deal after the European elections?

The analysts at Europe Jacques Delors take a look at current political developments and their impact on the Green Deal.

Events

Podcast EU to go

Backlash or green light? What voters want in terms of climate policy

In the forty-first episode of the EU to go podcast, Jannik Jansen and Nils Redeker present the results of their recently published survey on the climate policy preferences of European voters in conversation Thu Nguyen. They explain whether the popular narrative of a "green backlash" is actually reflected in the voters' responses and what the results mean for the election campaign before the European elections and the future climate policy of the EU.

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Europe in the super election year - What to expect?

In the thirty-ninth episode of the EU to go podcast, Thu Nguyen and Johannes Lindner look at Europe in the super election year 2024. They analyse what's still on the agenda before the European election in June 2024, how the predicted shift to the right in EU can be confronted and what will happen in Brussels after the election.

 

 

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Infographics

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In the media

OpEd

Beyond the ‘backlash’: the green electoral agenda

Voters want a just transition and more, not less, green investment ahead of the European elections, writes Jannik Jansen in Social Europe.
Article

5 questions about the EU Parliament suing the Commission over Hungary cash

Deputy Director Thu Nguyen explains the move of the European Parliament to sue to EU Commission ahead of the European elections.
Interview

Europe has the vote: Re-start or keep it going?

Enlargement? Integration? More responsibility for the member states? Or all of that at once? RBB24 radio journalist Harald Asel talked about all these fundamental questions concerning the Europan elections 2024 with Jasmin Arbabian-Vogel, Daniel Brössler, Thu Nguyen and Dominik Pietzcker during an event at the Hertie School (in German).
Article

How climate policy becomes more attractive

Der Spiegel covers the survey on the climate policy preferences published by Jannik Jansen and Nils Redeker (article in German).
Interview

Fragmentation in the EU Parliament

Policy Fellow Luise Quaritsch talks about the European elections and the expected fragmentation in the EU Parliament with Deutschlandfunk (interview in German).