When are the EU elections in 2024?
The EU elections take place every five years, which means that the last time it took place was in 2019.
The EU elections take place between 6 and 9 June 2024, and election day falls on different days in different countries. In Sweden, there are EU elections on June 9.
How do you know if you have the right to vote in the EU elections in Sweden? Well, you must have turned 18 at the latest on election day and either:
Be a Swedish citizen who is currently, or has been, registered in Sweden.Or be a citizen of an EU country, registered in Sweden and registered on the Swedish voter’s register no more than 30 days before election day.DO NOT MISS: Info about the EU elections 2024: Who can vote? What was the last election result?
Over 65? That is why it is important to vote in the EU elections
According to figures from Statistics Norway, about 28 percent of the voters in this year’s EU elections are over 65.
It is therefore also important for society’s elders to vote in the EU elections, and be involved in deciding which representatives they want to see in the European Parliament.
The parties want to do that for the elderly in the 2024 EU elections
SPF’s member magazine The senior asked the parties what they intend to do for the elderly in the upcoming EU elections. News24 summarizing the answers:
The moderates: The party’s most important issue is security. The EU should strengthen crime-fighting work because crime is cross-border, according to Tomas Tobé.The Social Democrats: They prioritize the pharmaceutical issue and an increased supply of medicines. According to Helene Fritzon much was learned from the corona pandemic in terms of the development of new medicines and vaccines.The Liberals: Karin Karlbro states that it wants to resume work on the EU’s anti-discrimination directive. In these, the problems with age discrimination must be highlighted and countered.The Christian Democrats: Elderly policy must be decided on in each member state, according to Alice Teodorescu Måwe. Issues relating to security and Sweden’s independence from, among others, China and Russia also concern the elderly, and will be prioritized in the EU.Center Party: They want to raise the senior perspective in all political areas. Not least to guarantee accessibility for everyone in the physical and digital environment, states Emma Wiesner.The Sweden Democrats: The party wants to ensure that EU taxation is not introduced in Sweden. According to Charlie Weimers “many in Brussels” want to greatly increase the budget and the common loan.Left Party: They want to invest in a well-functioning welfare state, with a focus on, among other things, child and elderly care, healthcare and a cheaper electricity market, according to Jonas Sjöstedt.The Green Party: According to Alice Bah Kuhnke will work against discrimination in all its forms. They also want to ban age discrimination at EU level.READ MORE:
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