UK/2019 European Parliament elections
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The United Kingdom's component of the 2019 European Parliament elections is due to be held on Thursday 23 May 2019.[1] Initially, the elections were not planned as the United Kingdom's withdrawal from the European Union (following the 2016 EU Referendum) was set for 29 March 2019. However, the British government requested a delay and the European Council approved it following a European summit on 11 April 2019.
While it is the default position in UK and EU law for the election to take place, the UK Government is continuing attempts to avoid participation by agreeing withdrawal before 23 May 2019.[2]
Ninth Euro election
Otherwise, it will be the ninth time the United Kingdom elects MEPs to the European Parliament. Candidate nominations must be submitted by 4pm on 24 April 2019, and voter registration must be completed by 7 May 2019.[3]
It is uncertain for how long, if at all, British MEPs will sit before the withdrawal process is complete, as the extension agreement provides for early termination as soon as the withdrawal agreement is ratified.[4] The UK's ongoing withdrawal from the European Union is expected to be the central issue of the election campaign.[5]
MEP candidates
Political parties are scrambling to launch last-minute EU election campaigns and pull together a list of candidates. Newly-approved party Change UK – formally The Independent Group – is due to announce their selected candidates on 23 April. The party’s MPs said they had been “overwhelmed” with the interests expressed and are sifting through more than 3,000 applicants received.
Nigel Farage’s new Brexit Party – which has been surging ahead in the polls since its official campaign launch – has unveiled a handful of candidates but not yet specified which regions they will be standing in.
The Conservatives and Labour have announced a handful of candidates.[6]
Related Document
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| Document:Cognitive Dissidents? | Article | 27 May 2019 | Alun Smith | I voted remain but I would happily leave under a Corbyn government with a deal that protects our rights and our jobs. Isn't that the sensible thing to do now? Isn't that the compromise that can bring us all together again? |
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- ↑ "Article 50 extension". Institute for Government. Retrieved 14 April 2019.
If the UK and the EU ratify the Withdrawal Agreement before the new European Parliament sits for the first time on 2 July, then the 73 new UK MEPs would not take up their seats.
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- ↑ "European elections 2019: full list of MEP candidates standing in next month’s EU vote"
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