Election Day 2019. Citizens voting in EU Member States

European Elections 2019 - Donald TUSK - President of the Council voting in Sopot, Poland

European Elections 2019 - Polling station in Berlin

European Elections 2019 - Polling stations, people voting, voting booth

European Elections 2019- Polling station in Fuiggi, Italy

European Elections 2019 - Election day: people voting in Germany

European Elections 2019- Antonio TAJANI, EP President voting in Fuiggi, Italy

European Elections 2019 - Polling station in Sopot

During the plenary session of the European Parliament in Brussels, MEPs vote on banning th use of cyanide mining technologies.

Ban on use of cyanide mining technologies: extracts from the vote

Extract from the vote on the Election of the President of the European Commission during the EP Plenary session in Strasbourg.

Election of the President of the European Commission : extracts from the votes

In July 1995, the Bosnian town of Srebrenica fell into the hands of Serbian militias leading to "several days of carnage". In a resolution adopted by 556 votes to 9 with 22 abstentions, the European Parliament calls on the Council and Commission to commemorate appropriately the anniversary of the Srebrenica-Potočari act of genocide by supporting the European Parliament's recognition of 11 July as the day of commemoration throughout the EU.

Remembrance day on the Srebrenica victims: extracts from the votes

Final vote by the European Parliament on the recommendation for Treaty of Lisbon and statement by Hans-Gert PÖTTERING, EP President.

Treaty of Lisbon : Extracts of the votes and statement by Hans-Gert POETTERING, EP President

The European Parliament, meeting in Plenary session in Brussels, discussed relations with Russia after the assassination of the campaigning Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya and to pay homage to her. She was shot in her Moscow apartment block by unknown assailants on 7 October. MEps voted on a resolution on relations between the EU and Russia after her assassination.

EU - Russia: vote on the resolution on relations between the EU and Russia after the assassination of Anna POLITKOVSKAÏA, Russian journalist

On July 22, 2004, EP Members during EP plenary session in Strasbourg approved the designation of Jose Manuel BARROSO as new EC President. Results of the vote presented by Josep BORRELL, EP President. Congratulations and handshakes to Jose Manuel BARROSO. Extracts from José Manuel BARROSO's speech.

Approval of the designation of Jose Manuel BARROSO, EC President-deisgnate: results of the vote

During the plneary session 09.04.2003 MEPs voted on the the enlargement of the European Union. Signing of the document giving Parliament's assent to the enlargement of the European Union by Par COX, President of the European Parliament.

Enlargement - Request for EU membership: vote on the assent (09.04.2003)

Vote during the plenary session in Strasbourg on the approval on the nomination of Romano PRODI for President of the Commission, followed by his press conference

Vote of approval on the nomination of Romano PRODI for President of the Commission, followed by his press conference

Special Plenary Sitting on the Euro - Address by British Chancellor of the Exchequer, Gordon Brown, and European Commission President, Jacques Santer and oral Report by Karl Von Wogau, Chair of the Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee on the Commission’s proposal to allow 11 countries to be in the first wave of the Single Currency. Heads of each political Group took the floor to add their comments to the debate.

Special Euro Sitting: extracts

MEPs vote on the election of the Commission during the plenary session in Strasbourg. Santer Commission is the frst to be subject to the formal hearings of commissioners-designate which were introduced as a result of the Maastricht Treaty.

Santer Commission: vote in plenary on the election of the Commission

Debate on the election of Jacques Santer as President of the European Commission followed by the vote.

Election of Jacques SANTER as President of the Commission

In a plenary sitting of the European Parliament in Strasbourg, Jacques Santer, nominated President of the next European Commission, defends his appointment before the Members of the European Parliament. Statements by Pauline GREEN, PSE Group Leader, Wilfried MARTENS, EPP Group Leader and Bernard TAPIE.

Address by Jacques Santer on his appointment as President of the Commission: extracts from the debate and the vote

Debate on fifth Lome convention, the community's main way of helping 68 African, Caribbean and Pacific developing countries which will provide 12 billion Ecu. Under the single European Act, Parliament's approval is not necessary. Statements by Leo TINDEMANS, rapporteur, Eugenio MELANDRI, Michael McGOWAN and Manuel MARIN, EC Member followed by the final vote on the report.

Fifth Lome Convention: extracts from the debate

At a ceremony held in the European Parliament in Strasbourg on 12 June 1986, Pierre PFLIMLIN, EP President, Hans van den BROEK, Dutch Minister for Foreign Affairs and President-in-Office of the Council, and Jacques DELORS, President of the European Commission, signed the Declaration against racism and xenophobia, just after the vote session in the plenary. The initiative is a response to the public indignation aroused by the xenophobic attacks on migrant workers and their families which had taken place in a number of Member States.

Vote and signing ceremony of the joint Declaration against racism and xenophobia

Jacques DELORS, President-elect of the Commission, attends the vote on his new Commission in plenary session in Strasbourg, after having given a speech before the hemicycle. Several MEPs make a speech during the session.

Delors Commission: vote on the inauguration of the new Delors Commission

MEPs vote by show of hands and the President of the sitting determines the majorities in each case. ​​​​​​​In 1979, a new 'high tech' system was put in place. If the show of hands is unclear, the president can call for an electronic vote. If a roll call is requested. With the 'new' system, the individual vote cast by each MEP is recorded and published in an annex to the minutes.

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