Europe 2009 – Lithuania
Lithuania first elected MEPs in 2004, when they elected 13 MEPs. They willl elect 12 in 2009, using a system of proportional representation with...
Europe 2009 – Latvia
Latvia elected its first MEPs in 2004, when they elected 9 MEPs using a system of party-list proportional representation with Saint-Lague counting and a...
Europe 2009 – Finland
Finland joined the EU in 1995, first electing MEPs in a 1996 by-election. At the 1996 election and 1999 election Finland elected 16 MEPs,...
Europe 2009 – Romania
Romania first conducted a European Parliament election in November 2007, when a by-election was conducted. This followed Romania's 2007 admission into the EU along...
Europe 2009 – Netherlands
The Netherlands is the largest of the Benelux countries - all of whom were founding members of the EU - and will elect 25...
Europe 2009 – Greece
Greece will elect 22 MEPs next weekend by a system of party-list proportional representation using a single nationwide constituency with a 3% threshold. Greece...
Europe 2009 – Belgium
Guest post from our Benelux correspondent, Justin-Paul Sammons.
Like its smaller neighbour Luxembourg, Belgium will elect its EU representatives on Sunday 7 June; voting is compulsory (as...
Europe 2009 – Slovakia
Slovakia elected 14 MEPs as one single national constituency for the first time in 2004, and will elect 13 in 2009. The following was...
Europe 2009 – Hungary
Hungary elects its MEPs using proportional representation in one nationwide constituency. Hungary elected 24 MEPs in their first European election in 2004, and will...
Europe 2009 – Malta
The EU's smallest country, Malta elects five MEPs by the Single Transferable Vote (like Ireland's MEPs). This same system is used to elect Malta's...