The 2024 European Parliament elections in France were held on 9 June 2024, as part of the

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Background

The

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lost its majority in the

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Electoral system

A bill creating a single national constituency was approved by the

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in a vote on the first reading on 20 February 2018, and the Senate officially adopted the bill on 23 May 2018, which was promulgated on 25 June after its validation by the

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. All French members of the

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were elected through a closed list proportional representation system.

Apportionment

As a result of

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, 27 seats from the British delegation were distributed to other countries in January 2020 (those elected in 2019, but not yet seated took their seats). The other 46 seats were abolished with the total number of MEPs decreasing from 751 to 705 after that. However for the 2024 election 15 of those abolished seats were reinstated with France electing two of those extra MEPs.

Outgoing delegation

The table shows the detailed composition of the French seats at the European Parliament as of 13 February 2024.

Running parties

Voting advice applications

In France, ''candidator.fr'' allows users to find the list leader who best matches their convictions through 16 questions that position the respondent and candidates on 4 axes: environmental progressivism vs environmental conservatism, migration protectionism vs migration altruism, European federalism vs nationalism, egalitarianism vs capitalism.

Opinion polling

Graphical summary

Projection of seats in the European Parliament

Results

Maps

2024 European elections in France by commune

Aftermath

About one hour after results for the European Parliament election showed that his Renew party would place a distant second to National Rally,

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called for the

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and snap legislative elections occurring in two rounds on 30 June and 7 July. He decried the results of the election as indicating the rise of nationalists and far-right political firebrands that would threaten France and Europe, who represented the "impoverishment of the French people and the downfall of our country".

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References

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