European Parliament electoral procedures

[Davıd Boothroyd]

Picking at a scab, the European Parliament passed a resolution in November to change the regulations for its own elections - seeking a voting age of 17, unifying the dates for electoral registration and candidate nomination, allowing electronic and postal voting, and formalising the process of nomination of the spitzenkandidaten for Commission President. See page 64 onwards: www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+TA+20151111+SIT+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN

Here's the European Scrutiny Committee report on the document: www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201516/cmselect/cmeuleg/342-xviii/342xviii.pdf

They didn't like it much.